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Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today by Pattana Kitiarsa
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- Book Title
- Mediums, Monks, and Amulets: Thai Popular Buddhism Today
- Publication Date
- 2012-12-21
- Pages
- 196
- ISBN
- 9786162150494
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 6.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 196 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Silkworm Books
ISBN-10
6162150496
ISBN-13
9786162150494
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159925367
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
196 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bq4960.T5p43 2012
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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
Copyright Date
2012
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Magick Studies, Channeling & Mediumship, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Lccn
2012-306690
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History, Social Science
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