An edition of Champions of Buddhism
(2014)
Champions of Buddhism
Weikza cults in contemporary Burma
by France) Burma-Myanmar Studies Conference...
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Champions of Buddhism: Weikza cults in contemporary Burma
2014, NUS Press
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Table of Contents
Preface.
The other Burmese Buddhism -- Kate Crosby
On saints and wizards: ideals of human perfection and power in contemporary Burmese Buddhism -- Patrick Pranke
The longevity of weikza -- Juliane Schober
Spirits versus weikza: two competing ways of mediation -- Bénédicte Brac de La Perrière
The world emperor's battle against the evil forces -- Niklas Foxeus
From bricks to pagodas: weikza specialists and the rituals of pagoda-building -- Keiko Tosa
In pursuit of the sorcerer's power: sacred diagrams as technologies of potency -- Thomas Patton
Healing through weikza: therapeutic cults in the Arakanese context -- Céline Coderey
Powerful yet powerless, powerless yet powerful: being an exorcist in Burma -- Guillaume Rozenberg -- Postscript.
What kind of Buddhism is that? -- Steven Collins.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.
In English.
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