Buddhism does not center on a creator god, but that doesn’t make it atheist in the modern sense. The Buddha avoided ...

Marshall Sahlins argues that kings are ‘stranger kings’, as they typically originate from outside their kingdom or from the celestial realms. He advances that kings draw authority precisely from an ...

There is a story that the Buddha was once addressing his sangha, the monastic community who had gathered around to listen to him preach, when one of his bright young followers posed a series of ...

ONE: THE POPULAR TRADITION: INCLUSIVE SYNCRETISM: Ideal action -- Ritual occasions, merit, and the appropiation of power -- Festivals -- Rites of passage -- TWO: BUDDHISM AS CIVIL RELIGION: POLITICAL ...