The anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian themes/ David N. Gellner
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294.3 FUN/T Tibetan treasures- selections of Tangyas of the going Dynasty/ | 294.3 GAI/N A new course in reading Pali: Entering the word of the Buddha/ | 294.3 GEI/C Culavamsa-being the more recent part of the Mahavamsa/ | 294.3 GEL/T The anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian themes/ | 294.3 GIN/T The far shore: Vipassana, the practice of insight/ | 294.3 GLO/T Tibetan treasures/ | 294.3 GLO/T Tibetan treasures/ |
Introduction --
PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES: Max Weber, capitalism, and the religion of India --
What is the anthropology of Buddhism about? --
Religion, politics, and ritual: remarks on Geertz and Bloch --
PART II: THE LEGITIMATION OF RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS: Priesthood and possession: Newar religion in the light of some Weberian concepts --
Monkhood and priesthood in Newar Buddhism --
The Newar Buddhist monastery: an anthropological and historical typology --
'The perfection of wisdom': a text and its uses in Kwa Bahah, Lalitpur --
PART III: FROM SOTERIOLOGY TO WORLDLY BENEFITS: Priests, healers, mediums, and witches: the context of possession in the Kathmandu Valley --
Portrait of a Tantric healer / with Uttam Sagar Shrestha --
Lay perspectives on health and misfortune in the Kathmandu Valley --
PART IV: HINDUISM AND HISTORY: Hinduism, tribalism, and the position of women: the problem of Newar identity --
From mandalic sacred centres to Communist strongholds! On the cities of the Kathmandu Valley --
Does symbolism 'Construct an urban mesocosm'? Robert Levy's Mesocosm and the question of value consensus in Blaktapur --
PART V: COMPARISON: For syncretism: the formation of Buddhism in Nepal and Japan compared --
Temples for life and temples for death: observations on some Shingon Buddhist temples in Tokyo.
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