Patton Thomas Nathan
Patton Thomas Nathan - The Buddha's Wizards Magic Protection And Healing In Burmese Buddhism - Paperback
Patton Thomas Nathan - The Buddha's Wizards Magic Protection And Healing In Burmese Buddhism - Paperback
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Description: Belief in wizard - saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
Title: The Buddha's Wizards Magic Protection And Healing In Burmese Buddhism
Author(s): Patton Thomas Nathan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231187619
Pages: 240 Pages, 33 B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/14/2020
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
Description: Belief in wizard - saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha's Wizards is a historically informed ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
Title: The Buddha's Wizards Magic Protection And Healing In Burmese Buddhism
Author(s): Patton Thomas Nathan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231187619
Pages: 240 Pages, 33 B&W Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/14/2020
Category: Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography
