Merit-making activities and the latent ideal of the Buddhist wat in Southwestern Cambodia
The divergent experiences surrounding merit-making acts represent the distinct backgrounds of individuals and communities that have emerged in postwar Cambodia. This article examines merit-making activities in two Buddhist temples in southwestern Cambodia and the influence of political patronage on...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2014
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Journal of current Southeast Asian affairs
Year: 2014, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 27-57 |
Further subjects: | B
Religious practice
B Buddhism B Temple B Cambodia B Religion B Social network B Politics |
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Summary: | The divergent experiences surrounding merit-making acts represent the distinct backgrounds of individuals and communities that have emerged in postwar Cambodia. This article examines merit-making activities in two Buddhist temples in southwestern Cambodia and the influence of political patronage on temple-community relationships. This influence elicits images of a latent ideal of the Buddhist monastery that are used by local communities to form a social critique both of such political involvement within temples and of the destabilising effect it has on local people's merit-making activities. This ideal also reflected the political economies and social networks created within the temples that comprised two different models of patronage and means of accessing resources. (JCSA/GIGA) |
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ISSN: | 1868-4882 |
Contains: | In: Journal of current Southeast Asian affairs
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