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RLST 108 PO - Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia


Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia is a multidisciplinary study of Theravada Buddhism against the historical, political, social, and cultural backdrop of Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with particular attention to Thailand and Sri Lanka. The course focuses around three themes: Buddhism as a factor in state building, political legitimation, and national integration; the inclusive and syncretic nature of popular Buddhist thought and practice; and representations of Buddhist modernism and reformism. The course includes material from the formative period of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia to contemporary times. HRT I.

Course Credit: 1.0


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