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From: Monika Lehner <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
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Editor's Subject: H-ASIA: New book/website: Buddhist funeral cultures (Cambridge University Press)
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Date Written: Thu, 3 May 2012 13:30:33 +0200
Date Posted: Fri, 03 May 2012 07:30:33 -0400

H-ASIA
May 3, 2012

New book/website: Buddhist funeral cultures (Cambridge University Press)
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From:  "Patrice Ladwig" <patrice@gmx.net>

*Apologies for cross-posting!*

Dear all,

From 2007-2009 the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) funded a
project on Buddhist death rituals at the University of Bristol. The book
deriving from the project is finally out for publication this week. The
volume is edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig and covers material
from Theravāda Buddhism in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and various
regions of Chinese Buddhism, both on the mainland and in the Southeast
Asian diasporas. Topics such as bad death, the feeding of ghosts,
pollution through death, and the ritual regeneration of life show how
Buddhist cultures deal with death as a universal phenomenon of human
culture.

More details on the CUP webpage:

http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107003880

In case you think that the volume might be interesting for your
department/library, please suggest it for order.

We have also compiled a webpage for the project, hosted by the University
of Bristol and the Centre for Buddhist Studies. This contains materials
for intended for public outreach, teaching and also scholars. An online
exhibition (images and descriptions), an extensive bibliography and
several films and short clips are available free for download and we hope
that they might be of use for our colleagues. For the moment, the webpage
can be found here:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/thrs/buddhist-centre/projects/bdr/

With best wishes,

Patrice Ladwig

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