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Encoded by Thomas McDaniel 9781939828071
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $28.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939828071Author Thomas McDanielFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Light Switch PressPublisher... -
Discorded by Thomas McDaniel 9781939828392
RRP: $35.08Booksplease Price: $33.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939828392Author Thomas McDanielFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Light Switch PressPublisher... -
Rekindled by Thomas McDaniel 9781949563078
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Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing by Justin Thomas McDaniel 9780197658338
Booksplease Price: $138.57Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice with... -
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing by Justin Thomas McDaniel 9780197658345
RRP: $38.98Booksplease Price: $38.69Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections between theory, pedagogy, and practice with... -
Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand by Justin Thomas McDaniel
RRP: $46.78Booksplease Price: $41.22A collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion.In Thailand, Buddhism is deeply integrated into... -
Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand by Justin Thomas McDaniel
RRP: $68.15Booksplease Price: $65.38Winner of the Henry J. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian StudiesGathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and... -
Architects of Buddhist Leisure: Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia's Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks by Justin Thomas McDaniel 9780824876753
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $35.57Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious... -
From Mulberry Leaves to Silk Scrolls: New Approaches to the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions by Justin Thomas McDaniel 9780812247367
RRP: $101.40Booksplease Price: $84.47Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Improving Student Behavior: Essays on Classroom Management and Motivation by Thomas R. McDaniel 9780819160652
Booksplease Price: $100.82Examines the important educational issue of discipline in terms of theories and practices that can help teachers understand and deal with the dynamics of misbehavior. Emphasis is given to an eclectic... -
Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia by Peter Skilling
RRP: $68.15Booksplease Price: $62.13The diffusion of religious thought in Buddhist Asia has been marked by new modes of expression. Sometimes this has meant textual translation, as highlighted in chapters about Chinese and Japanese... -
The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand by Justin McDaniel 9780231153775
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $52.26Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every... -
Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia by Jeffrey Samuels 9780824858551
RRP: $40.93Booksplease Price: $35.57This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who... -
The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya: Buddhism and the Making of a World Heritage Site by David Geary 9780295742366
RRP: $210.50Booksplease Price: $201.30This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya - the place of Buddha's enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar - explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the... -
The Rebirth of Bodh Gaya: Buddhism and the Making of a World Heritage Site by David Geary 9780295742373
RRP: $68.15Booksplease Price: $62.13This multilayered historical ethnography of Bodh Gaya - the place of Buddha's enlightenment in the north Indian state of Bihar - explores the spatial politics surrounding the transformation of the... -
Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia Jack Meng-Tat Chia 9781350530126
Booksplease Price: $196.11Redefining how we understand diplomacy, Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia reveals Buddhism as a dynamic force in shaping international relations. This groundbreaking open access book... -
Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions by Christian K. Wedemeyer 9780231162418
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $52.26Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were... -
Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka by Neena Mahadev 9780231205290
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $49.16Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm among Buddhists who saw Christianity as a neocolonial threat to the... -
Theravada Traditions: Buddhist Ritual Cultures in Contemporary Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka by John Clifford Holt 9780824867799
RRP: $44.83Booksplease Price: $39.23Theravada Traditions offers a unique comparative approach to understanding Buddhism: it examines popular rituals of central importance in the predominantly Theravada Buddhist cultures of Laos, Sri... -
The Snake and the Mongoose: The Emergence of Identity in Early Indian Religion by Nathan McGovern 9780190640798
RRP: $187.20Booksplease Price: $157.77Since the beginning of modern Indology in the 19th century, the relationship between the early Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism has been predicated on a perceived dichotomy between... -
A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection by Avram Alpert 9780231200028
RRP: $228.15Booksplease Price: $178.35In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other... -
A Partial Enlightenment: What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection by Avram Alpert
RRP: $58.50Booksplease Price: $49.16In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other... -
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road: Buddhism, Politics, and Violence by Michael Jerryson 9780190683566
RRP: $238.88Booksplease Price: $191.72It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The deliberately confounding statement is meant to... -
The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism by Thomas Nathan Patton
RRP: $179.40Booksplease Price: $141.24Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in... -
The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism by Thomas Nathan Patton 9780231187619
RRP: $42.90Booksplease Price: $36.21Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in...