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High Religion
High Religion
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An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "folk" or "popular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the S... more »
Author:
An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "folk" or "popular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the S... more »
ISBN-13: 9780691028439
ISBN-10: 0691028435
Publication Date: 9/1/1989
Pages: 269
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ISBN-10: 0691028435
Publication Date: 9/1/1989
Pages: 269
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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