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Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism

Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism

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Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

General Sociology

ISBN10: 0521413974
ISBN13: 9780521413978
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 28 1995
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.37 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
This is a comparative study of the interaction between monasticism and society in Theravada Buddhism and medieval Catholicism. Building on Weber's classical analysis of religious virtuosity on one hand, and opposing recent comparative historical sociology's neglect of structures of meaning on the other, the author demonstrates the combined impact of religious orientations, macrosocietal structures, and virtuoso radicalism in shaping the ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions.

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