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Missionary Intent and Monastic Networks: Thai Buddhism as a Transnational Religion |
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Kitiarsa, Pattana (著)
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| Source |
Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
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| Volume | v.25 n.1 |
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| Date | 2010.04 |
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| Pages | 109 - 132 |
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| Publisher | ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute |
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http://www.iseas.edu.sg
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| Location | Singapore [新加坡] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Vol. 25, No. 1, Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia |
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| Keyword | Thai Buddhism; Buddhist missionary monk; Buddhist mission abroad; transnational religion |
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| Abstract | Buddhism, like other world religions, is a transnational religion. Its popularity and expansion are built around intensive religio-cultural networks across nation-states' boundaries. The subject under investigation in this essay is the expansion of Buddhism from Thailand to international communities abroad. I argue that the transnationalization of Thai Buddhism since the late twentieth century has emerged out of global cultural junctures, where missionary intent and monastic networks have joined forces. The transnationalization of Thai Buddhism should be understood under the triple entwining forces of (1) the growth of Thai migrant communities abroad; (2) the Buddhist missionization abroad policy sponsored by the Sangha and the Thai government through the Ministry of Education and, recently, the Office of National Buddhism under the Ministry of Culture; and (3) the growing global interest in Buddhism in international communities and subsequent travel and exchanges concerning Buddhist ordination and meditation as well as commodification between Thailand and its transnational Buddhist communities. |
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| Table of contents | Thai Buddhism as a Transnational Religion 112
The Thai Sangha and Its Missionary Intent 115
Overseas Buddhist Missions and Transnational Monastic Networks 120
Critical Issues Concerning Overseas Buddhist Missions from Thailand 124
Conclusion 128
Notes 129
References 130 |
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| ISSN | 02179520 (P); 17932858 (E) |
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| Created date | 2023.12.13 |
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| Modified date | 2023.12.13 |
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