Monks, Money, and Morality : The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1350213756
ISBN-13
9781350213753
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 20th, 2021
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
546 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
BuddhismEthnic studies / EthnicityBlack & Asian studiesEconomicsBuddhism
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Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are key to religious debate in Buddhist societies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in countries ranging from India to Japan, including all three major Buddhist traditions, the book addresses the flows of goods and services between clergy and laity, the management of resources, the treatment of money, and the role of the state in temple economies.
Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.
Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.
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