Title Constituting communities : Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia / John Clifford Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard, and Jonathan S. Walters.

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Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 224 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	SUNY series in Buddhist studies
	SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction / John Clifford Holt and Jacob N. Kinnard -- 1. Communal Karma and Karmic Community in Theravada Buddhist History / Jonathan S. Walters -- 2. Toward a Theory of Buddhist Queenship : The Legend of Asandhimitta / John S. Strong -- 3. Beggars Can Be Choosers : Mahakassapa as a Selective Eater of Offerings / Liz Wilson -- 4. The Insight Guide to Hell : Mahamoggallana and Theravada Buddhist Cosmology / Julie Gifford -- 5. When the Buddha Sued Visnu / Jacob N. Kinnard -- 6. Minister of Defense : The Visnu Controversy in Contemporary Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt -- 7. Localizing Lineage : Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia / Anne M. Blackburn -- 8. Preacher as Poet : Poetic Preaching as a Monastic Strategy in Constituting Buddhist Communities in Modern Sri Lanka and Thailand / Mahinda Deegalle -- 9. "For Those Who Are Ignorant" : A Study of the Bauddha Adahilla / Carol S. Anderson -- 10. Interpretive Strategies for Seeing the Body of the Buddha / James R. Egge.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Southeast Asia.
	Buddhism -- Social aspects.
	Southeast Asia.
	Buddhism -- Social aspects -- South Asia.
	South Asia.
	Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
	Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
	Theravāda Buddhism -- History -- 20th century.
	Theravāda Buddhism.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Holt, John, 1948-
	Kinnard, Jacob N.
	Walters, Jonathan S. (Jonathan Stone), 1961-
Other Form:	Print version: Constituting communities. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003 0791456919 0791456927 (DLC) 2002075877 (OCoLC)50064874
ISBN	141753124X (electronic book)
	9781417531240 (electronic book)
	0791456919 (alkaline paper)
	9780791456910 (alkaline paper)
	0791456927 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780791456927 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Title Constituting communities : Theravāda Buddhism and the religious cultures of South and Southeast Asia / John Clifford Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard, and Jonathan S. Walters.

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