Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order: A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism

by Ilana Friedrich Silber and Ilana Friedrich-Silber

Book Overview

This book is a comparative macrosociological study of the interaction between religious virtuosi and society in two civilizations: traditional Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism. Merging... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521413974
• ISBN13: 9780521413978
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"