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Series editor’s Preface often when scholars expand their research beyond Buddhism and include Buddhists , the results challenge the usual definitions of that religion based on its teachings and practices. in this wide-ranging study of vietnamese Buddhists, alexander soucy presents such a challenge by showing the vital connections between religion and superstition, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, temple and community , Buddhist and non-Buddhist beliefs, spirituality and fun. as if this were not comprehensive enough, he takes readers beyond these binary relationships and offers a hard and fascinating look at the added complicities of age, gender, and politics. The result is a landscaped portrait of Buddhists in contemporary vietnam and how they live their faith. george j. Tanabe, jr. series ediTor ...

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