Theravada cultural hegemony in precolonial Burma -- The emergence of the secular in modern Burma -- Educating the other : Buddhism and colonial knowledge -- Civil Buddhism in a colonial context -- The politics of the modern state as Buddhist practice -- Buddhist resistance against the state -- The limits of Buddhist moral authority in the secular state -- Potential futures.
Theravāda Buddhism--Political aspects--Burma. Buddhism and state--History.--Burma Theravada Buddhism--Political aspects--Burma. RELIGION--Comparative Religion. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural. Buddhismus Politik Staat Säkularismus Kolonialismus Therawada Buddhismus. Religion und Staat.