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Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand

Bunnag, Jane·1973·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511557576
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Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised, namely, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Laos and Thailand. The material presented is based on fieldwork carried out in Ayutthaya, Central Thailand. Dr Bunnag describes and analyses the socio-economic and ritual relations existing between the monk and the lay community, and she demonstrates the way in which the role of the monk is used by some men, wittingly or otherwise, as a social stepping-stone, in that for the son of a farmer a period in the monkhood can provide the education and contacts necessary to facilitate his assimilation into the urban lay community at a social and economic level which would otherwise have been impossible. Finally, Dr Bunnag places the material presented in a broader theoretical context by reviewing it in relation to anthropological discussions concerning the nature of Thai society as a whole.

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Authors
Bunnag, J.
Corresponding author
Bunnag, Jane
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1973-03-08
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511557576
OpenAlex
W4250572598
Cited by
100
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 25
FWCI
58.37
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 13453 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cambodian History and Society
Keywords
Theravada Buddhism, Buddhist monks, monastic organization, social mobility, socio-economic relations, Thai society, Ayutthaya

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