Buddhism, power, and political order
By: edited by Ian Harris.
Contributors: Harris, Ian Charles.; Becket Institute.
Series: Routledge critical studies in Buddhism series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780415410182
Subjects: Theravāda Buddhism -- Political aspects -- Congresses; Buddhism and state -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Based on papers delivered at a symposium held by the Becket Institute, St. Hugh's College, University of  Oxford on Apr. 14-16, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Buddhism, power, and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands / Ian Harris; title: Idealism and pragmatism : a dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand / Khammai Dhammasami; title: Rajadhamma confronts Leviathan : Burmese political theory in the 1870s / Andrew Huxley; title: Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma / Juliane Schober; title: Reconstructing the Cambodian polity : Buddhism, kingship, and the quest for legitimacy / Peter Gyallay-Pap; title: The Cambodian hospital for monks / John Marston; title: Buddhism, power, and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos / Volker Grabowsky; title: Past, present, and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao / Peter Koret; title: In defence of the nation : the cult of Nang Thoranee in Northeast Thailand / Elizabeth Guthrie; title: King, sangha, and brahmans : ideology, ritual, and power in pre-modern Siam / Peter Skilling.