RT Book
T1 Thailand's international meditation centers: tourism and the global commodification of religious practices
T2 Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series
JF Routledge religion in contemporary Asia series
A1 Schedneck, Brooke
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2017
ED First issued in paperback
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1627206418
AB This book explores contemporary practices within the new institution of international meditation centers in Thailand. It discusses the development of the lay vipassana meditation movement in Thailand and relates Thai Buddhism to contemporary processes of commodification and globalisation. Through an examination of how meditation centers are promoted internationally, the author considers how Thai Buddhism is translated for and embodied within international tourists who participate in meditation retreats in Thailand. Shedding new light on the decontextualization of religious practices, and raising new questions concerning tourism and religion, this book focuses on the nature of cultural exchange, spiritual tourism, and religious choice in modernity. With an aim of reframing questions of religious modernity, each chapter offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of spiritual seeking in Thailand. Offering an analysis of why meditation practices appeal to non-Buddhists, this book contends that religions do not travel as whole entities but instead that partial elements resonate with different cultures, and are appropriated over time
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BQ566
SN 9780415819589
SN 041581958X
SN 9781138078949
K1 Meditation : Buddhism : Thailand
K1 Globalization : Religious aspects : Buddhism
K1 Tourism : Thailand
K1 Buddhism : Thailand : Thailand