Dr Tambiah describes the religious practices and beliefs of the
people of a remote village in north-east Thailand, relating them to
the wider context of the civilization in which they are embedded,
and examining the relationship of the religious practices of the
villagers to the classical Buddhist tradition. Because they have
based their studies on the Sanskrit and Pali literature, Western
observers have tended to dismiss much of the popular manifestation
of Buddhism as debased. Dr Tambiah demonstrates that this judgement
is misleading, and emphasizes that the contemporary village
religion that he describes manifests continuities as well as
transformations with respect to the classical literary tradition.
The village religion is described primarily through ritual.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| Release date: |
September 1975 |
| First published: |
1970 |
| Authors: |
S. J. Tambiah
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 154 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
408 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-09958-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Anthropology >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-09958-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780521099585 |
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