Virtuosity, charisma, and social order
Subtitle: a comparative sociological study of monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and medieval Catholicism
By: Ilana Friedrich Silber.
Series: Cambridge cultural social studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders, Buddhist; Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Asceticism -- Theravāda Buddhism; Asceticism -- Catholic Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index.