Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand.
Singapore. NUS Press. 2021. 281pp, index, paperback. When more than 93 per cent of the citizens of one country profess a single religion, as Thais do Buddhism, and when that religion is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, it becomes tempting to think of the religion as a textual..... More