Buddhist trends in Southeast Asia /

Buddhist trends in Southeast Asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Singapore : Institute ofSoutheast Asian Studies, c1993.
Description:	ix, 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Social issues in Southeast Asia
Subject:	Buddhism -- Asia, Southeastern. Sociology, Buddhist -- Asia, Southeastern. Buddhism -- Social aspects. Southeast Asia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1571138

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Other authors / contributors:	Ling, Trevor, 1920-1995
ISBN:	9813035811 (soft cover) 9813035803 (hard cover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction / Trevor Ling
2. Sangha Reforms and Renewal of Sasana in Myanmar: Historical Trends and Contemporary Practice / Tin Maung Maung Than
3. Re-interpreting the Traiphuum Phra Ruang: Political Functions of Buddhist Symbolism in Contemporary Thailand / Peter A. Jackson
4. Buddhism, Political Authority, and Legitimacy in Thailand and Cambodia / Somboon Suksamran
5. Singapore: Buddhist Development in a Secular State / Trevor Ling.