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Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka

Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka

Paperback

Comparative ReligionAnthropologyBuddhism

ISBN10: 0691019010
ISBN13: 9780691019017
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Oct 30 1990
Pages: 504
Weight: 1.57
Height: 1.22 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.24
Language: English

In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselves perceive it, Buddhism proper has always shared the religious arena with a spirit religion. While Buddhism concerns salvation, the spirit religion focuses on worldly welfare. Buddhism Transformed describes and analyzes the changes that have profoundly altered the character of Sinhala religion in both areas.

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