Buddhism, Modernity, and the State in Asia

Chapter 1 Introduction: “Buddhist Politics” as Emptiness: History and the Forms of Engagement in Asia

Chapter 2 Buddhists Confront the State

Chapter 3 “Foremost among Religions”: Theravada Buddhism’s Affairs with the Modern Sri Lankan State

Chapter 4 Schools, Ritual Economies, and the Expanding State:The Changing Roles of Lao Buddhist Monks as “Traditional Intellectuals”

Chapter 6 The Relic and the Rule of Righteousness: Reflections on U Nu’s Dhammavijaya

Chapter 7 Sacred Site or Public Space? The Shwedagon Pagoda in Colonial Rangoon

Chapter 8 Angry Monk Syndrome on the World Stage: Tibet, Engaged Buddhism, and the Weapons of the Weak

Chapter 9 Rebirth Control: Contemporary Inner Mongolian Buddhism and the Religious Authority of the Chinese State

Chapter 10 Do Buddhist “Nuns” Need the Thai Sangha?

Chapter 11 Sacred Protests and Buddhist Environmental Knowledge