Holt, John, 1948-

Spirits of the place : Buddhism and Lao religious culture / John Clifford Holt. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 348 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-329) and index.

Powers of the place : Buddhism and the spirit cults of Muang Lao -- Interventions from afar: nonspiritual powers in place -- Questions of place: religious culture in a post-revolutionary space -- Commodities of the place: ritual expressions and the marketing of religious culture -- The spirit(s) of the place: Buddhists and contemporary Lao religion reconsidered -- App. 1. Transformations of the Ramayana -- App. 2. The cult of Khwan.

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Buddhism--Laos.
Spirits.
Religion and sociology--Laos.
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
RELIGION--Buddhism--History.
Buddhism.
Religion.
Religion and sociology.
Spirits.
Buddhismus.
Religionssoziologie.
Religion.
Kultur.
Ort (Philosophie)


Laos--Religion.
Laos.
Laos.


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