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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Transliteration, Transcription, and Translation -- Vowels and Diphthongs -- Consonants -- 1 Introduction -- Asking for Boons: Making and Fulfilling Vows -- "Holy Things" and the Limits of Religious Taxonomy -- Moving Beyond Syncretism -- Buddhist Inclusivism -- The Genealogy of Saksit -- Part I Contextualizing Holy Things -- 2 Buddhism as Implicit Theology -- Implicit Theologies -- The Implicit Theology of Devas in Vedic India |
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Buddhism's Intervention in Implicitly Theological Discourse in Ancient India -- Modern Disenchantment and Buddhism's Theological Project -- The Cosmological Agency of Buddhist Implicit Theology -- 3 Situating Siam in History -- The Sanskrit Cosmopolis and the Śaiva World -- The Collapse of the Sanskrit Cosmopolis and the Rise of Persianate and Arabic Cosmopoleis -- The Ripple Effects of the Persianate Cosmopolis and the Rise of the Pali Cosmopolis -- The Historical Origins of Siam -- Continuities Between the Sanskrit and Pali Cosmopoleis -- 4 The Genealogy of the Sacred |
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How Saksit Became "Holy" -- The Literary Corpus for This Study -- Saksit in Siamese Literature -- The Saiyasāt Context of Saksit -- Saiyasāt, Magic, and Religion -- Summary -- Part II Deconstructing the Syncretism of Holy Things -- 5 Spirits -- The Chinese Roots of Tai "Spirits" -- Historicizing "Indigenous" Tai Spirits -- "Local Spirits" in Thailand Today -- The Modern Discourse of Religion and the Construction of "Local Religion" -- 6 Gods -- Saiyasāt and Extra-Pali Discourses in Sukhōthai and Ayutthayā -- The Bangkok Restoration and Interest in Hinduism in Prerevolutionary Siam |
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The Ērāwan Shrine and Rise of Brahmā Worship in Thailand -- Hindu Enthusiasm in Contemporary Thailand -- Saiyasāt, the Gods, and the Work of World Religions -- 7 Buddha Images -- Early Evidence for the Propitiation of Buddha Images in Siam -- The Culture of Buddha Images and Their Miraculous Power in Lānnā -- Explaining Miraculous Buddha Relics Within the Pali Imaginaire -- Luang Phǭ Sōthǭn and the Origins of Modern Kānbonbānsānklāo -- The Changing Meaning of Saksit and Modern Kānbonbānsānklāo -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix A Explicit Theology From Plato to the Abrahamic Traditions |
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Appendix B Corpus of Siamese Literary Works Consulted -- Corpus of Sukhōthai Inscriptions Consulted -- Works of Siamese Literature Consulted -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Thai Buddhists themselves are increasingly adopting the language of syncretism, referring to traditional Thai religion as a mixture of local, Hindu and Buddhist practices. This raises the question: If syncretism is so wrong, then why does it seem so right? In 'Holy Things', Nathan McGovern answers this question through an in-depth study of the worship of spirits, gods and Buddha images - all known as sing saksit, or 'holy things' - in Thailand |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 23, 2024) |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Thailand
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Thailand -- Social life and customs
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Buddhism -- Thailand -- History
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Syncretism (Religion)
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syncretism.
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Society & culture: general.
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Religion.
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Thailand -- Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197759912 |
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0197759912 |
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