David L Gosling

Science and Development in Thai and South Asian Buddhism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, by a leading authority on the subject, considers the role of Thai Buddhist religious people in development within Thailand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781032084602
• ISBN-10: 103208460X
• Artikelnr.: 62149892

Autorenporträt

David L. Gosling is a Life Member and former Spalding Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. A Chartered Physicist, he was Director of Church and Society at the World Council of Churches in Geneva, and has published extensively on the interface between science and religion in Asia. He is the author of Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia and Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein met Tagore (both Routledge).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
Section A: Buddhism in transition
2 Thai Buddhism in Transition
3 New Directions in Thai Buddhism
4 Visions of Salvation: a Thai Buddhist Experience of Ecumenism
5 The Changing Roles of Thailand's Lay Nuns (mae chii)
Section B: Monastic Development Activities
6 Thai Monks in Rural Development
7 Biogas for Thailand's Rural Development: Transferring the Technology
8 Urban Thai Buddhist Attitudes to Development
9 Redefining the Sangha's Role in Northern Thailand: An Investigation of Monastic Careers at Five Chiang Mai Wats
10 Buddhism for Peace
10 Section C: Aspects of Development and Science
11 Thailand's Bare-headed Doctors
12 Thailand's Bare-headed Doctors: Thai Monks in Rural Healthcare
13 Thai monks and lay nuns (mae chii) in urban health care
14 The Scientific and Religious Beliefs of Thai Scientists and Their Inter-relationship
15 Embodiment and Rebirth in the Buddhist and Hindu Traditions