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Monks, Money, and Morality
The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism
Taschenbuch von Beata Switek (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are key to religious debate in Buddhist societies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in countries ranging from India to Japan, including all three major Buddhist traditions, the book addresses the flows of goods and services between clergy and laity, the management of resources, the treatment of money, and the role of the state in temple economies.

Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.
Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are key to religious debate in Buddhist societies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in countries ranging from India to Japan, including all three major Buddhist traditions, the book addresses the flows of goods and services between clergy and laity, the management of resources, the treatment of money, and the role of the state in temple economies.

Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.
Über den Autor
Christoph Brumann is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, and Honorary Professor of Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Beata Switek is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zusammenfassung
Considers the economic basis of Buddhism from a very practical perspective, and all chapters are based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork by scholars familiar with the local language and culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Balancing Sangha Economies, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, Christoph Brumann and Beata Switek
Part I: Reciprocity, Money and Trust
1. Economic Agency and the Spirit of Donation: The Commercialization of Buddhist Services in Japan, Beata Switek (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
2. Merit, "Corruption," and Economy in the Contemporary Thai Sangha, Thomas Borchert (University of Vermont, USA)
3. Ritual Virtuosity, Large-Scale Priest-Patron Networks and the Ethics of Remunerated Ritual Services in
Northeast Tibet, Nicolas Sihlé (Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes, CNRS, France)
4. 'Bad' Monks and Unworthy Donors: Money, (Mis)Trust and the Disruption of Sangha-Laity Relations in Shangri-La, Hannah Rosa Klepeis (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany)Part II: Beyond Reciprocity
5. Donations Inversed: Material Flows from Sangha to Laity in Post-Soviet Buryatia, Kristina Jonutyte (University of Vilnius, Lithuania)
6. Exorcising Mauss' Ghost in the Western Himalayas: Buddhist Giving as Collective Work, Martin Mills (University of Aberdeen, UK)Part III: Managing Temples and Monasteries
7. Monks and the Morality of Exchange: Reflections on a Village Temple Case in Southwest China, Roger Casas (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
8. Wealthy Mendicants: The Balancing Act of Sri Lankan Forest Monks, Prabhath Sirisena (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
9. Monastic Business Expansion in Post-Mao Tibet: Risk, Trust and Perception, Jane Caple (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Part IV: Capitalism, Decline and Rebirth
10. Regeneration and the Age of Decline: Purification and Rebirth in Mongolian Buddhist Economies, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
11. Saintly Entrepreneurialism and Political Aspirations of Theravadin Saints in Mainland Southeast Asia, Alexander Horstmann (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350213760
ISBN-10: 1350213764
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Switek, Beata
Brumann, Christoph
Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Beata Switek (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,416 kg
Artikel-ID: 119089027
Über den Autor
Christoph Brumann is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, and Honorary Professor of Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Beata Switek is Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zusammenfassung
Considers the economic basis of Buddhism from a very practical perspective, and all chapters are based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork by scholars familiar with the local language and culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Balancing Sangha Economies, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, Christoph Brumann and Beata Switek
Part I: Reciprocity, Money and Trust
1. Economic Agency and the Spirit of Donation: The Commercialization of Buddhist Services in Japan, Beata Switek (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
2. Merit, "Corruption," and Economy in the Contemporary Thai Sangha, Thomas Borchert (University of Vermont, USA)
3. Ritual Virtuosity, Large-Scale Priest-Patron Networks and the Ethics of Remunerated Ritual Services in
Northeast Tibet, Nicolas Sihlé (Centre d'Etudes Himalayennes, CNRS, France)
4. 'Bad' Monks and Unworthy Donors: Money, (Mis)Trust and the Disruption of Sangha-Laity Relations in Shangri-La, Hannah Rosa Klepeis (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany)Part II: Beyond Reciprocity
5. Donations Inversed: Material Flows from Sangha to Laity in Post-Soviet Buryatia, Kristina Jonutyte (University of Vilnius, Lithuania)
6. Exorcising Mauss' Ghost in the Western Himalayas: Buddhist Giving as Collective Work, Martin Mills (University of Aberdeen, UK)Part III: Managing Temples and Monasteries
7. Monks and the Morality of Exchange: Reflections on a Village Temple Case in Southwest China, Roger Casas (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
8. Wealthy Mendicants: The Balancing Act of Sri Lankan Forest Monks, Prabhath Sirisena (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
9. Monastic Business Expansion in Post-Mao Tibet: Risk, Trust and Perception, Jane Caple (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)Part IV: Capitalism, Decline and Rebirth
10. Regeneration and the Age of Decline: Purification and Rebirth in Mongolian Buddhist Economies, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
11. Saintly Entrepreneurialism and Political Aspirations of Theravadin Saints in Mainland Southeast Asia, Alexander Horstmann (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350213760
ISBN-10: 1350213764
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Switek, Beata
Brumann, Christoph
Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Beata Switek (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,416 kg
Artikel-ID: 119089027
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