Monks, Money, and Morality: The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism

By: Christoph Brumann, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, and Beata Świtek

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Synopsis: Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are key to religious debate in Buddhist societies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in countries ranging from India to Japan, including all three major Buddhist traditions, the book addresses the flows of goods and services between clergy and laity, the management of resources, the treatment of money, and the role of the state in temple economies. Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781350213777
Related ISBNs:: 9781350213753
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 04/21/21
Copyrighted By:: Christoph Brumann, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, Beata Świtek, and contributors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Christoph Brumann
Edited by:: Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko
Edited by:: Beata Switek