Beyond Buddhism and animism: A psychometric test of the structure of Burmese Theravada Buddhism
Abstract
Anthropologists and religious scholars have long debated the relationship between doctrinal Theravada Buddhism, so-called ‘animism’, and other folk practices in southeast Asian societies. A variety of models of this relationship have been proposed on the basis of ethnographic evidence. We provide the first psychometric and quantitative evaluation of these competing models, using a new scale developed for this purpose, the Burmese Buddhist...
Paper Details
Title
Beyond Buddhism and animism: A psychometric test of the structure of Burmese Theravada Buddhism
Published Date
Dec 17, 2019
Journal
Volume
14
Issue
12
Pages
e0226414 - e0226414
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