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Sons of the Buddha : continuities and ruptures in a Burmese monastic tradition
- Author
- Carbine, Jason A., 1971-
- Title
- Sons of the Buddha : continuities and ruptures in a Burmese monastic tradition / Jason A. Carbine.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ©2011.
- Description
- xvi, 249 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Uniform series
- Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 50.
- Notes
- Significant revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Chicago, 2004) under title: An Ethic of Continuity: Shwegyin monks and the Sasana in Contemporary Burma/Myanmar. Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235) and indexes.
- Subject headings
- Shwegyin Nikāya. Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Burma. Religion and sociology--Burma. Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--Burma--History.
- ISBN
- 9783110254099 (hardcover : alk. paper) 3110254093 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9783110254105 (ebk.) 3110254107 (ebk.)