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Interrelations between Buddhism and social systems in Cambodian peasant culture
Anthropological studies in Theravada Buddhism [papers, by] Manning Nash and others • (13) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 175-196
By: Ebihara, May, Nash, Manning.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses relationships between Buddhism and social organization of community life in a Cambodian rural village. It argues that several aspects of village culture in Cambodia is primarily shaped by the teachings and rituals of Theravada Buddhism which is state religion of the country. To support this argument, the author shows that Cambodian soceity lacks enduring kinship units beyond the family level. Instead, both village-level relations and loyalty to the state are encourages on grounds of shared religious beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Congregations
- Community structure
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chief executive
- Form and rules of government
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Sacred objects and places
- Cult of the dead
- Spirits and gods
- Theory of disease
- Priesthood
- Religious and educational structures
- Religious experience
- Avoidance and taboo
- Social personality
- Rest days and holidays
- Organized ceremonial
- Transmission of beliefs
- Labor supply and employment
- Eating
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cambodians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1899-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cambodia
- NotesAdditional notes
- May Ebihara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-196)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66019029
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khmers