Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture

About the Author

About the Author John Clifford Holt is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He has authored numerous books, among them The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics and Culture (2004), The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art and Politics in Late Medieval Sri Lanka (1996), and Buddha in the Crown: Avalokitesvara in the Buddhist Traditions of Sri Lanka (1991), for which he received an American Academy of Religion Book Award for Excellence. His research awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Fulbright Program. He has taught around the world, at the University of Peradeniya, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the University of Calgary, and received numerous awards, including an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Peradeniya and Alumnus of the Year (2007) from the University of Chicago Divinity School. His next book, Sri Lanka: History, Politics, and Culture is scheduled for publication in 2010. [This page intentionally left blank.] ...