The Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka: religious tradition, reinterpretation, and response

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This book examines the revival of Theravada Buddhism among the laity of Sri Lanka, analysing its origins and its growth up to the present-day. Within the spectrum of reinterpretations that have comprised the revival, the book focuses on four important types of patterns of re-interpretation and response.

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