TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris, Ian Charles.
ED  - Becket Institute.
TI  - Buddhism, power and political order
SN  - 0415410185 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - BQ7190 .B83 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Therav�ada Buddhism
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Political aspect
KW  - Buddhism and state
KW  - Southeast Asi
N1  - Based on papers delivered at a symposium held by the Becket Institute, St. Hugh`s College, University of  Oxford on Apr. 14-16, 2004; Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-233) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip075/2006038669.html
ER  -