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Sons of the Buddha [electronic resource] : continuities and ruptures in a Burmese monastic tradition / Jason A. Carbine.

By: Carbine, Jason A, 1971-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands): 50.Publisher: New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2011Description: xvi, 249 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Shwegyin Nikaya | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Burma | Religion and sociology -- Burma | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- Burma -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 294.3/65709591 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Significant revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Chicago, 2004) under title: An Ethic of Continuity: Shwegyin monks and the Sasana in Contemporary Burma/Myanmar.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.