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VIRTUOSITY, CHARISMA AND SOCIAL ORDER
A COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF MONASTICISM IN THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM |
| By: |
Ilana Friedrich Silber, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Steven Seidman |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521021375 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521021371 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 July, 2005 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Studies monasticism and society in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. |
| Synopsis: |
This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. Merging Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional strength and ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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