{"product_id":"gathering-leaves-lifting-words-histories-of-buddhist-monastic-education-in-laos-and-thailand-9780295988498","title":"Gathering Leaves \u0026 Lifting Words: Histories of Buddhist Monastic Education in Laos and Thailand","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Henry J. Benda Prize sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGathering Leaves and Lifting Words\u003c\/i\u003e examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand. Through five centuries of adaptation and reinterpretation of sacred texts and commentaries, Justin McDaniel traces curricular variations in Buddhist oral and written education that reflect a wide array of community goals and values. He depicts Buddhism as a series of overlapping processes, bringing fresh attention to the continuities of Theravada monastic communities that have endured despite regional and linguistic variations. Incorporating both primary and secondary sources from Thailand and Laos, he examines premodern inscriptional, codicological, anthropological, art historical, ecclesiastical, royal, and French colonial records. By looking at modern sermons, and even television programs and websites, he traces how pedagogical techniques found in premodern palm-leaf manuscripts are pervasive in modern education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the first comprehensive study of monastic education in Thailand and Laos, \u003ci\u003eGathering Leaves and Lifting Words\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to a wide audience of scholars and students interested in religious studies, anthropology, social and intellectual history, and pedagogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin Thomas McDaniel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295988498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2008 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin McDaniel \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Riverside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40625327243379,"sku":"9.7803E+12","price":53.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9755b460-e990-4779-a910-65e377a206f2.jpg?v=1670945405","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/gathering-leaves-lifting-words-histories-of-buddhist-monastic-education-in-laos-and-thailand-9780295988498","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}