Ariya and the Golden Book:
A MILLENARIAN BUDDHIST SECT AMONG THE KAREN
THEODORE STERN
MILLENARIAN movements provide a dramatic expression of discontent with
the present order and an anticipation of its imminent and radical transformation.
When they arise...
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Ariya and the Golden Book:
A MILLENARIAN BUDDHIST SECT AMONG THE KAREN
THEODORE STERN
MILLENARIAN movements provide a dramatic expression of discontent with
the present order and an anticipation of its imminent and radical transformation.
When they arise within a context of cultural confrontation, in which the
limits of an indigenous culture are seen for the first time against the perspective
of an.
advanced-and advancing-civilization, they may at times incorporate within
their vision of the millenial condition some of the desirable aspects of that civilization.
Indeed, under suitable circumstances movements that begin with chiliastic
expectations may end by passing to major involvement with larger societies and
the modern world.
It is not a common condition, to be sure, and has recently been
discounted.
"Millenialism," observes Bellah, ".
.
.
could contribute only under very
special conditions to social innovation, for it was usually a symptom of severe social pathology.
Its co
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