Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China |
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| Editor:
| Williams, Paul
Ladwig, Patrice |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-66787-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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Death rituals and Buddhist imagery of the afterlife have been central to the development and spread of Buddhism as a social and textual tradition. Bringing together ethnographic, historical and theoretically informed accounts, the book presents in-depth studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.
Death rituals and Buddhist imagery of the afterlife have been central to the development and spread of Buddhism as a social and textual tradition. Bringing together ethnographic, historical and theoretically informed accounts, the book presents in-depth studies of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China.