Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture 9780824837082
Spirits of the Place is a rare and timely contribution to our understanding of religious culture in Laos and Southeast A
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English Pages 368 Year 2009
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction . Laos and Its Religious Culture
CHAPTER 1. Powers of the Place Buddhism and the Spirit Cults of Muang Lao
CHAPTER 2. Interventions from Afar Nonspiritual Powers in Place
CHAPTER 3. Questions of Place Religious Culture in a Post-revolutionary Space
CHAPTER 4. Commodities of the Place Ritual Expressions and the Marketing of Religious Culture
CHAPTER 5 .The Spirit(s) of the Place Buddhists and Contemporary Lao Religion Reconsidered
APPENDIX 1 .Transformations of the Ramayana
APPENDIX 2 The Cult of Khwan
Notes
Index
