Buddhism, power and political order / edited by Ian Harris.

Based on papers delivered at a symposium held by the Becket Institute, St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford on Apr. 14-16, 2004.

Introduction : Buddhism, power and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands / Ian Harris -- Idealism and pragmatism : a dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand / Khammai Dhammasami -- Rajadhamma confronts Leviathan : Burmese political theory in the 1870s / Andrew Huxley -- Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma / Juliane Schober -- Reconstructing the Cambodian polity : Buddhism, kingship and the quest for legitimacy / Peter Gyallay-Pap -- The Cambodian hospital for monks / John Marston -- Buddhism, power and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos / Volker Grabowsky -- Past, present and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao / Peter Koret -- In defence of the nation : the cult of Nang Thoranee in northeast Thailand / Elizabeth Guthrie -- King, sangha and brahmans : ideology, ritual and power in pre-modern Siam / Peter Skilling.