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Browsing by Subject "Buddhism"

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Browsing by Subject "Buddhism"

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  • Acknowledging spiritual realities-ecological knowledge, cultural connections, and spiritual agency in Dai Theravada Buddhism
    Hecht, David M. (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2011)
    With the Tropic of Cancer separating temperate climate zones to the north and tropical climate zones to the south, Yunnan province, China is an area of tremendous ecological and cultural diversity. The tropical Xishuangbanna ...
  • Rampant Lions: The Buddhist response to violence in Sri Lanka
    Bailey, David Paul (Wichita State University. Department of Anthropology, 2007)
    Author describes religious, social, and ethnic roots of Sri Lanka political history. He concludes that "competing national myths, conflicting views over the use of public space, and different experiences under colonialism, ...
  • Theme and variation in Chinese religion
    Maurine, Huang (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society at Wichita State University, 1986)
    This paper is a study of religious differences and similarities as reported in ethnographies from Taiwan. The paper descusses the calendrical observations of the Lunar New Year and the birthday or other celebrations ...