If any anthropologist living today can illuminate our dim understanding of death's enigma, it
is Robert Desjarlais. With Subject to Death, Desjarlais provides an intimate, philosophical …

This article examines the new transformation of Engaged Buddhism in social work. It gives
an understanding about the models of socially engaged Buddhist NGOs within the wider …

After decades of authoritarian rule aimed at ring-fencing everyday people from contentious
politics, Myanmar's November 2015 elections saw widespread popular re-engagement with …

In popular Buddhist practice in rural northern Vietnam, moral personhood does not merely
belong to the self but is embedded in the intersubjective relationship among individuals, the …

In the year of 2008, just before I would left Japan for Myanmar, a friend living in Tokyo half-
laughingly unfolded a startling fact:“I lose someone around me in suicide every three …

We are excited to introduce a fortuitous special issue that brings diverse perspectives and
fresh insights to the anthropology of religion in post–Đổi Mới Vietnam. The authors featured …

One of the central tenets of Buddhism is the belief in the impermanent nature of life (Pali:
anicca; Sanskrit: anitya). Buddhists consider birth, old age, sickness, and death as inevitable …

The concept of sacrifice, in all its different expressions and interpretations is central to Indian
traditions. Many scholars of religion believe that theories of sacrifice are at the heart of …

Communities of nuns have been a feature of life in Buddhist societies since early times. The
nuns in present-day Myanmar consider themselves descendants of Nuns Mei Kin and Mei …

Theravada Buddhism is often characterized as a religion of individualistic ascetics. This
belief has led many scholars to disregard Buddhist rituals and ceremonies that are oriented …