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Books by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel
  | | Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 2008 by Univ Of Washington Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98849-8, ISBN: 0-295-98849-5 "Winner of the Henry J. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian StudiesGathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, Justin McDaniel traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. ..." |
 | | From Mulberry Leaves to Silk Scrolls New Approaches to the Study of Asian Manuscript Traditions (Laawrence J. Schoenberg Studies in Manuscript Culture) by Lynn Ransom, Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-4736-7, ISBN: 0-8122-4736-1 "While European manuscripts have been the subject of numerous historical, philological, and art historical studies over the past three decades, the study of the material culture of Asian (Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Taoist, and the like) manuscript traditions remains a relatively unexplored field. But Asian manuscripts, as the contributors to "From Mulberry Leaves to Silk Scrolls" demonstrate, contain much more than the semantic meaning of ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure(Reprint) Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia's Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks (Contemporary Buddhism) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel, Mark Michael Rowe Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7675-3, ISBN: 0-8248-7675-X "Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region--in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's cult ..." |
 | | The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15377-5, ISBN: 0-231-15377-5 "Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time. Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case fo ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks (Contemporary Buddhism) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6598-6, ISBN: 0-8248-6598-7 "Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region--in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's cult ..." |
 | | Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98848-1, ISBN: 0-295-98848-7 "Winner of the Henry J. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, Justin McDaniel traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. ..." |
 | | Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words : Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education In Laos and Thailand by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel 384 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98922-8, ISBN: 0-295-98922-X "Dhammapada: Ein bibliographischer Führer durch Übersetzungen derberühmtesten buddhistischenn Spruchsammlung. Constance: Universität Konstanz, 1993. Henderson, John. Scripture, Canon, and Commentary. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1991. Hinüber, Oskar von. “Chips from Buddhist Workshops: Scribes and Manuscripts from Northern Thailand.” Journal of the Pali Text Society 22 (1996): 35–57. ———. A Handbook of Pali Literatu ..." |
 | | The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk(1st Edition) Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-15376-8, ISBN: 0-231-15376-7 "Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time. Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case fo ..." |
 | | Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing (The Humanities and Human Flourishing) by McDaniel, Justin Thomas, Kilgoe, Hector Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2024 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-765834-5, ISBN: 0-19-765834-2 "Part of The Humanities and Human Flourishing series, this volume represents perspectives from north India to the buckle of the American Bible Belt and explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating ..." |
 | | Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia by Jeffrey Samuels, Mark Michael Rowe, Justin Thomas Mcdaniel 240 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-5858-2, ISBN: 0-8248-5858-1 "Jeffrey Samuels, Justin Thomas McDaniel, Mark Michael Rowe. for laypeople, nuns, and monks to reach distant audiences through Internet sermons, blogs, and television specials. There are also regular exchanges of professors and students ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Published 2016 ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7975-4, ISBN: 0-8248-7975-9 "Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and ..." |
 | | The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel 384 Pages, Published 2011 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-52754-5, ISBN: 0-231-52754-3 "I support the second half of this argument and also find it helpful to pay close attention to indigenous terms that are often translated as “magic” in English as much as possible when describing non-English-speaking practitioners. 96. See especially Harvey, Introduction to Buddhist Ethics (2000:37). 97. Samuel, Origins of Yoga (2008:149) relies here largely on the work of Tambiah, Buddhist Saints of the Forest (1984). 98. DeCaroli, ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks by Justin Thomas McDaniel 241 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7440-7, ISBN: 0-8248-7440-4 "Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the ..." |
 | | Wayward Distractions Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (Kyoto-CSEAS Series on Asian Studies) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2021 by Ridge Books, Malaysia ISBN-13: 978-981-325-150-2, ISBN: 981-325-150-6 "Collected together for the first time, these essays cover subjects ranging from ornamental art to marriage and emotion, the role of Hinduism, neglected gender and ethnic diversity, Buddhist inflections in contemporary art practice, and the ..." |
 | | Imagination and Narrative Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia by Peter Skilling, Justin Thomas Mcdaniel, Silkworm Books Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 2017 by Silkworm Books ISBN-13: 978-616-215-135-4, ISBN: 616-215-135-2 "The diffusion of religious thought in Buddhist Asia has been marked by new modes of expression. Sometimes this has meant textual translation, as highlighted in chapters about Chinese and Japanese Buddhist texts or the analysis of manuscripts in northern Thailand. In other cases it has been cultural translation, such as local adaptations of jataka tales, legal concepts developed out of Theravada Buddhist teachings, or localization of art ..." |
 | | Wayward Distractions Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand by Justin Thomas McDaniel 288 Pages, Published 2021 ISBN-13: 978-4-8140-0367-9, ISBN: 4-8140-0367-6 "Collected together for the first time, and set in place by a compelling introduction that argues for a strongly materialist approach, these essays cover subjects ranging from ornamental art to marriage and emotion, the role of Hinduism, ..." |
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