Special Issue: Power, Authority, and Contested Hegemony in Burmese-Myanmar Religion
Guest editors: Hiroko Kawanami and Bénédicte Brac de la PerrièreIntroduction: Power, Authority, and Contested Hegemony in Burmese-Myanmar Religion
Hiroko Kawanami
An Overview of the Field of Religion in Burmese Studies
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière
Charisma, Power(s), and the Arahant Ideal in Burmese-Myanmar Buddhism
Hiroko Kawanami
The Cult of Thamanya Sayadaw: The Social Dynamism of a Formulating Pilgrimage Site
Keiko Tosa
On the Ambivalence of Female Monasticism in Theravāda Buddhism: A Contribution to the Study of the Monastic System in Myanmar
Laure Carbonnel
“Nats’ Wives” or “Children of Nats”: From Spirit Possession to Transmission Among the Ritual Specialists of the Cult of the Thirty-Seven Lords
BénédicteBrac de la Perrière
A New Palace for Mra Swan Dewi: Changes in Spirit Cults in Arakan (Rakhine) State
Alexandra de Mersan
Relics, Statues, and Predictions: Interpreting an Apocryphal Sermon of Lord Buddha in Arakan
Jacques P. Leider