Thomas Nathan Patton

The Buddha's Wizards

Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddhaà â â s Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 215mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780231187619
• ISBN-10: 0231187610
• Artikelnr.: 59354553

Autorenporträt

Thomas Nathan Patton is assistant professor of Buddhist and Southeast Asian studies at the City University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Abbreviations
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
1. Vanguards of the S¿sana
2. The Buddha's Chief Wizard
3. Women of the Wizard King
4. Pagodas of Power
5. Wizards in the Shadows
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index