History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia

Nine international researchers contribute ten essays examining the ways that Cambodian ideas and practices of religion—specifically, those of the dominant population, the Khmer—relate to the ideas and institutions that have shaped the country as a social and political body. All of the authors are part of a new generation of scholars of Cambodia who began their primary research on Cambodia in the 1990s, when political developments created new openings for Western researchers in the country. Their text is one of the few English-language works currently available on Cambodian religion. For students and scholars of Cambodian studies, Southeast Asian history, Buddhism, comparative religion, and anthropology. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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