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Most anthropological and sociological studies of Buddhism have concentrated on village and rural Buddhism. This is a systematic anthropological study of monastic organization and monk-layman interaction in a purely urban context in the countries where Theravada Buddhism is practised, namely, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, Laos and Thailand.Bunnag, Jane is the author of 'Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand', published 2007 under ISBN 9780521040648 and ISBN 0521040647.
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