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Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today by Pattana Kitiarsa (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSilkworm Books
ISBN-106162150496
ISBN-139786162150494
eBay Product ID (ePID)159925367
Product Key Features
Number of Pages196 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
Publication Year2012
SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Magick Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Channeling & Mediumship, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
TypeTextbook
AuthorPattana Kitiarsa
Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2012-306690
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
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
SynopsisMediums, 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., Argues that the hybridity between traditional Buddhist beliefs and elements from other religions is indicative of the health and wealth of Buddhism
LC Classification NumberBQ4960.T5P43 2012
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