The Lovelorn Ghost And The Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism In Modern Thailand

Focusing on representations of a famous ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to today, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpreting modern Thai Buddhist practice through the movements of these transformative figures. He follows embodiments of the ghost and monk in a variety of genres and media, including biography, drama, ritual, art, liturgy, film, television, and the Internet. Sourcing nuns, monks, laypeople, and royalty, McDaniel shows how relations with these figures have been instrumental in crafting histories and modernities, particularly local conceptions of being "Buddhist," and the formation and transmission of such identities across different venues and technologies. 9780231153775 0231153775 362 BOOK Religion NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=tMWrAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Justin Thomas Mcdaniel
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 07, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231153775
• | ISBN-13: 9780231153775