Description: Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today, Paperback by Kitiarsa, Pattana, ISBN 6162150496, ISBN-13 9786162150494, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
Mediums, Monks, and Amulets is a sophisticated yet accessible study of the state of popular Buddhist beliefs as they are practiced in Thailand today. Using a combination of focused case studies and analysis, Pattana Kitiarsa explores the nature and evolution of popular Buddhism over the past three decades by focusing on those individuals who practice, popularize, and profit from it.
The case studies profiled include prominent spirit mediums and magic monks, the lottery fever surrounding the posthumous cult of folk singer Phumphuang Duangchan, the Chatukham-Rammathep amulet craze, and the cult of wealth attributed to preeminent monk Luang Pho Khun. It also explores the history of both popular and official opinion surrounding supernatural Buddhism, and its clashes with the rationalist, modernizing policies of Thailands monarchy and government.
Mediums, Monks, and Amulets contests the viewpoint that supernatural elements within popular Buddhism are a symptom of the decline of the religion. Instead, it argues that this hybridity between traditional Buddhist beliefs and elements from other religions is in fact indicative of the health and wealth of Buddhism as it negotiates large-scale commercialization and global modernity.
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Book Title: Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
Publication Name: Mediums, Monks, and Amulets : Thai Popular Buddhism Today
Language: English
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Magick Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Channeling & Mediumship, Religion, Politics & State, Sociology of Religion
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Item Length: 8.3 in
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Social Science, History
Author: Pattana Kitiarsa
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
