The Sangha and political acts: secularization in a Theravada Buddhist society

The secularization thesis has been influential in social thought. Most Western andsome Asian countries including Japan, seem to confirm this thesis. However, inmost Southeast Asian countries religion remains important. In this paper, I focus on the monk demonstrations in Myanmar in 2007. First, I sh...

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Main Author: Tosa, Keiko (Author)
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Published: Heidelberg Berlin Institution 2013
Freiburg 2013
In: Internationales Asien-Forum
Year: 2013, Volume: 44, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 271-297
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