Book Summary
Modernizing and colonizing forces brought nineteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhists both challenges and opportunities. How did Buddhists deal with social and economic change; new forms of political, religious, and educational discourse; and Christianity? And how did Sri Lankan Buddhists, collaborating with other Asian Buddhists, respond to colonial rule? To answer these questions, Anne M. Blackburn focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827
Book Details
| Book Name | Locations Of Buddhism: Colonialism And Modernity In Sri Lanka |
| Author | Anne M. Blackburn |
| Publisher | University Of Chicago Press (Apr 2010) |
| ISBN | 9780226055077 |
| Pages | 237 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1639 |
