Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia.(Book Review)

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CONSTITUTING COMMUNITIES: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia. Edited by John Clifford Holt, Jacob N. Kinnard and Jonathan S. Walters. Albany (New York): State University of New York Press. 2003. viii, 224 pp. US$21.95, paper. ISBN 0-7914-5692-7.

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