Book
Buddhist monk, Buddhist layman: a study of urban monastic organization in central Tahiland
At the University Press • Cambridge, England • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Bunnag, Jane.
Abstract
This monograph is a study of monastic organization and an analysis of “…religious role performance in terms of its correlation with the social and economic status of individual actors” (p. 1). The book contains a summary of the Thai social system, information on “the way of the monk,” the monk and the lay community, the monastery community, the monastery and its social matrix, the role of the Buddhist layman, and a theoretical discussion of the social system.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1966-1967
- Coverage Date
- 1966-1967
- Coverage Place
- Ayutthaya Changwat (Province), Ayutthaya Amphoe (District), Thailand
- Notes
- by Jane Bunnag
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 210) and index
- LCCN
- 72086420
- LCSH
- Thais