Virtuosity, Charisma and Social Order:A Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)
by: Ilana Friedrich Silber (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (13 July 1995)
Language: English
Print length: 264 pages
ISBN-10: 0521413974
ISBN-13: 9780521413978
Book Description
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 Weberian sociology with the Maussian tradition of gift-analysis, and criticizing the neglect of meaning in current comparative historical sociology, the author also argues the need for a multidimensional approach capable of addressing the part played by religious orientations in shaping the institutional strength and ideological power of religious elites in the historical framework of the Great Traditions.
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