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Hans-Dieter Evers The Social and Economic Organisation of Buddhism   A Study of Lankatilaka Temple in Sri Lanka Reihe: Ethnologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft Bd. 3, 300 S., 35.90 EUR, br., ISBN 978-3-8258-4483-8 Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religion among the Sinhalese of Sri Lanka. Using Lankatilaka Vihara, one of the most important temples close to the old capital of Kandy as an example, the author (Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld) paints a vivid picture of the ritual, land tenure and administration of contemporary Buddhism on the basis of his fieldstudies in 1964-65. This is a revised edition of the original book entitled "Monks, Priests and Peasants. Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon". Prof.Dr. Hans-Dieter Evers ist Professor emeritus für Entwicklungsplanung und Senior Fellow am Zentrum f³r Entwicklungsplanung (ZEF) der Universität Bonn. |