Interpreting Thai religious change: temples, Sangha reform and social change. From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: September 1, 1993| Author: O'Connor, Richard A. | COPYRIGHT 1993 Singapore University Press Pte Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Interpreting Thai Religious Change

Thai religion is changing. So is Thai society. To most scholars the connection is obvious: social and especially material changes drive religious ones. So a new middle class causes religious ferment(1) while a crisis in legitimacy explains a militant Buddhist movement(2) as well as the fervour for amulets and forest monks.(3) Such explanations are typical in using extra-religious current events to explain religious change. We need not dispu...

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