Attracting the heart
social relations and the aesthetics of emotion in Sri Lankan monastic culture
Samuels, Jeffrey
1965-
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An ethnographic study done in Sri Lanka that examines how emtion comes into play in the commitments of laypeople and monastics to each other and to Buddhism.
Introduction: Buddhism and social relations in contemporary Sri Lanka -- Narada Thero: affective bonds and the making of a social service Monk -- Aesthetics of emotions and affective bonds: monastic recruitment in two Sri Lankan villages -- Aesthetic-affective social networks and monastic recruitment -- Learning to be novices: monastic education and the construction of vocation -- Temple building as social service: family, community, and emotion -- Conclusion: social relations and the aesthetics of emotion.
Jeffrey Samuels.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-159) and index.
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Emotions
Religious aspects
Buddhism
Aesthetics
Religious aspects
Buddhism
Buddhist monks
Sri Lanka
Social life and customs
Buddhist sanghas
Social aspects
Sri Lanka
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)
Sri Lanka
RELIGION
Comparative Religion
RELIGION
Monasticism
BQ6160.S72 S25 2010
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Attracting the heart : social relations and the aesthetics of emotion in Sri Lankan monastic culture
Samuels, Jeffrey, 1965-
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010
xxx, 167 pages
Topics in contemporary Buddhism
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