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Publisher
Silkworm Books
ISBN-10
6162150496
ISBN-13
9786162150494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159925367

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
196 Pages
Publication Name
Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
Language
English
Subject
Asia / Southeast Asia, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Magick Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Channeling & Mediumship, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, History
Author
Pattana Kitiarsa
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2012-306690
Reviews
"[T]hose who observe, research, and write on Thai popular Buddhism should place this volume at the forefront of their work. . . . Pattana has made Thai religion an exceptional study for folklorists as well as for anthropologists and students of religion." - Leedom Lefferts , Journal of Folklore Research , January 2014
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
Mediums, Monks, and Amulets is a sophisticated yet accessible study of the state of popular Buddhist beliefs as they are practiced in Thailand today. Using a combination of focused case studies and analysis, Pattana Kitiarsa explores the nature and evolution of popular Buddhism over the past three decades by focusing on those individuals who practice, popularize, and profit from it. The case studies profiled include prominent spirit mediums and magic monks, the lottery fever surrounding the posthumous cult of folk singer Phumphuang Duangchan, the Chatukham-Rammathep amulet craze, and the cult of wealth attributed to preeminent monk Luang Pho Khun. It also explores the history of both popular and official opinion surrounding supernatural Buddhism, and its clashes with the rationalist, modernizing policies of Thailand's monarchy and government. Mediums, Monks, and Amulets contests the viewpoint that supernatural elements within popular Buddhism are a symptom of the decline of the religion. Instead, it argues that this hybridity between traditional Buddhist beliefs and elements from other religions is in fact indicative of the health and wealth of Buddhism as it negotiates large-scale commercialization and global modernity., Argues that the hybridity between traditional Buddhist beliefs and elements from other religions is indicative of the health and wealth of Buddhism
LC Classification Number
BQ4960.T5P43 2012

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