Saving Buddhism: The Impermanence of Religion in Colonial Burma 9780824847913

Saving Buddhism explores the dissonance between the goals of the colonial state and the Buddhist worldview that animated

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Saving Buddhism: The Impermanence of Religion in Colonial Burma
 9780824847913

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
1. Introduction
2. Sāsana Decline and Traditions of Reform
3. Buddhist Education
4. Morals, Conduct, and Community
5. The Shoe and the Shikho
6. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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