Virtuosity, charisma, and social order : a comparative sociological study of monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and medieval Catholicism
by Ilana Friedrich Silber
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press c2005
- x, 250 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-244) and index
9780521021371
2006272619
Asceticism - Catholic Church Asceticism - TheravÄda Buddhism Buddhist monasticism and religious orders Monasticism and religious orders - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500