
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Virtuosi and society: elements of a comparative macrosociological approach
- Part II Virtuosi and society in Theravada Buddhism
- Part III Virtuosi and society in medieval Catholicism
- Part IV Virtuosity, charisma, and social order
- Conclusion: Religious virtuosity as ideological power: some implications for the comparative study of civilizations
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Virtuosi and society: elements of a comparative macrosociological approach
- Part II Virtuosi and society in Theravada Buddhism
- Part III Virtuosi and society in medieval Catholicism
- Part IV Virtuosity, charisma, and social order
- Conclusion: Religious virtuosity as ideological power: some implications for the comparative study of civilizations
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Virtuosity, Charisma and Social OrderA Comparative Sociological Study of Monasticism in Theravada Buddhism and Medieval Catholicism, pp. 223 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995