| Dhammadhara College of Languages, Mandalay |
| Title | Buddhism, power and political order / |
| Publication | London ; New York, Routledge, 2007. |
| Description | xvi, 256 pages ; |
| Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-233) and index |
| Introduction : Buddhism, power and politics in Theravada Buddhist lands / Ian Harris -- Idealism and pragmatism : a dilemma in the current monastic education systems of Burma and Thailand / Khammai Dhammasami -- Rajadhamma confronts Leviathan : Burmese political theory in the 1870s / Andrew Huxley -- Colonial knowledge and Buddhist education in Burma / Juliane Schober -- Reconstructing the Cambodian polity : Buddhism, kingship and the quest for legitimacy / Peter Gyallay-Pap -- The Cambodian hospital for monks / John Marston -- Buddhism, power and political order in pre-twentieth century Laos / Volker Grabowsky -- Past, present and future in Buddhist prophetic literature of the Lao / Peter Koret -- In defence of the nation : the cult of Nang Thoranee in northeast Thailand / Elizabeth Guthrie -- King, sangha and brahmans : ideology, ritual and power in pre-modern Siam / Peter Skilling |
| ISBN: | 0415410185 (hbk) |
| ISBN: | 0203947495 |
| ISBN: | 0203947495 (ebk) |
| ISBN: | 9780415410182 (hbk) |
| ISBN: | 9780203947494 (ebk) |
| Subject(s) | TheravÄda Buddhism Political aspectsCongresses Buddhism and state Congresses Southeast Asia |
| Contributor(s) | Harris, Ian Charles |