| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) |
| Contents |
The Framework -- The Forest, The Village, and The Ecology Monk -- The Rituals -- The Precedents -- The Grassroots -- The Movement -- The Challenges -- The Future |
| Summary |
A firsthand look at the Thai Buddhist environmental movement and its activist monks. Thai Buddhist monks wrap orange clerical robes around trees to protect forests. "Ordaining" a tree is a provocative ritual that has become the symbol of a small but influential monastic movement aimed at reversing environmental degradation and the unsustainable economic development and consumerism that fuel it. This book examines the evolution of this movement from the late 1980s to the present, exploring the tree ordination and other rituals used to resist destructive national projects. The author explores monks' motivations, showing how they interpret their lived religion as the basis of their actions, and provides an in-depth portrait of activist monk Phrakhru Pitak Nanthakhun |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Environmentalism -- Thailand
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
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Environmentalism
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Thailand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012000339 |
| ISBN |
1438444664 |
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9781438444666 |
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