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Introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. The editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers.

Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia

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    A Paperback / softback by Jeffrey Samuels, Justin Thomas McDaniel, Mark Michael Rowe

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 30/12/2017
      ISBN13: 9780824858551, 978-0824858551
      ISBN10: 0824858557
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      Book Synopsis
      Introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. The editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers.

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