Justin Thomas Mcdaniel
Biographic Data
| ID | 3831423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justin Thomas Mcdaniel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justin Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdaniel |
| SIGNATURE | MCDANIEL J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections among theory, pedagogy, and practice with nuance and depth. This volume includes constructions and critiques of various conceptualizations of well-being and takes different approaches to its cultivation, both inside and outside the classroom. This volume provides a variety of perspectives from Ind…
Ethnicity and the galactic polity
Edward Van Roy's Siamese melting pot: Ethnic minorities in the making of Bangkok is a tour de force and one of the most important books on the history of Bangkok and late-modern Thai history ever to be published. It is clearly written and presented, it provides excellent maps, and brings to light little-known sources and surprising facts about the history of the most iconic neighbourhoods in the city. It exposes the histories of various Muslim, M…
The Goddess of Old Money
Morgan, Rockefeller, Girard, Astor, Getty, Fugger, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt were among the most well-known ultra-wealthy families of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They ran tran
Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and ra…
Strolling through Temporary Temples
Thai installation art provides a view into modern, non-monastic experiences of Buddhism. Buddhist practice and scholarship often depend on centuries-old ritual practices and texts, and designated religious sites and persons. However, installation art illumines a fluxing and organic Buddhism – and one that is increasingly globalised and public. An evolving artistic zeitgeist is fused with classical tenets of Buddhism and diverse spiritualties. Eac…
Architects of Buddhist Leisure
Buddhism, usually described as an austere religion which condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the monastic and contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists across Asia have worked to build a leisure culture both within and outside of monasteries. The author looks at the growth of Buddhist leisure culture through a study of architects who helped design tourist sites…
Architects of Buddhist Leisure
Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDan…
Liberation Materiality
“Material: an enameled metal case...made by Nun Boonruean mixed auspicious powders, blessed gem powder, silver sand stone powder and gold sand stone powder finally embedded holy stone...It is good for
Evo Ṣuyadi
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929-2014)
Une grande figure de l’anthropologie anglo-saxonne nous a quittés le 19 janvier 2014. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, que ses collègues, étudiants et amis appelaient affectueusement « Tambi », a enseigné dans les départements d’anthropologie britanniques et américains les plus prestigieux. Assistant lecturer puis Fellow au King’s College de Cambridge de 1964 à 1972, il fut ensuite professeur à l’Université de Chicago de 1973 à 1976, et occupa la chaire…
The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk
Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time. Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpre…
The agency between images
The ghost, Mae Nak, is well-known in Thai Buddhism as a protector of soldiers, pregnant mothers, and young lovers. Her shrine at Wat Mahabut (a monastery in Bangkok) is an important center of worship, astrology, and ritual protection. However, her statue is not alone. It is part of the pantheon of famous monks, “Hindu” deities, and Buddhas at Wat Mahabut. They draw power from each other. The relationship between these images, and what they can te…
Buddhists in Modern Southeast Asia
This article contrasts the study of Southeast Asian Buddhist social and political movements and institutions (ecclesiastical, colonial, royal, or governmental) with the study of individuals who are recreating Buddhism outside of the various national Sangha organizations and political structures. The power of the state to control nuns, monks, and even lay expression is often over emphasized in modern scholarship. Until recently, the agency and cre…
Philosophical Embryology
This short study examines premodern and modern rituals that involve the creation of ephemeral fetuses through the power of Buddhist philosophical texts and protective science. This chapter emphasizes that although Abhidhamma texts often say absolutely nothing about fetal development, motherhood, and birth, male monks use them to invoke the generative power of a mother. They are used to metaphorically and, many believe, actually create new life. T…
The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk
Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time. Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpre…
The agency between images
The ghost, Mae Nak, is well-known in Thai Buddhism as a protector of soldiers, pregnant mothers, and young lovers. Her shrine at Wat Mahabut (a monastery in Bangkok) is an important center of worship, astrology, and ritual protection. However, her statue is not alone. It is part of the pantheon of famous monks, “Hindu” deities, and Buddhas at Wat Mahabut. They draw power from each other. The relationship between these images, and what they can te…
Buddhists in Modern Southeast Asia
This article contrasts the study of Southeast Asian Buddhist social and political movements and institutions (ecclesiastical, colonial, royal, or governmental) with the study of individuals who are recreating Buddhism outside of the various national Sangha organizations and political structures. The power of the state to control nuns, monks, and even lay expression is often over emphasized in modern scholarship. Until recently, the agency and cre…
Ethnicity and the galactic polity
Edward Van Roy's Siamese melting pot: Ethnic minorities in the making of Bangkok is a tour de force and one of the most important books on the history of Bangkok and late-modern Thai history ever to be published. It is clearly written and presented, it provides excellent maps, and brings to light little-known sources and surprising facts about the history of the most iconic neighbourhoods in the city. It exposes the histories of various Muslim, M…
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929-2014)
Une grande figure de l’anthropologie anglo-saxonne nous a quittés le 19 janvier 2014. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, que ses collègues, étudiants et amis appelaient affectueusement « Tambi », a enseigné dans les départements d’anthropologie britanniques et américains les plus prestigieux. Assistant lecturer puis Fellow au King’s College de Cambridge de 1964 à 1972, il fut ensuite professeur à l’Université de Chicago de 1973 à 1976, et occupa la chaire…
Philosophical Embryology
This short study examines premodern and modern rituals that involve the creation of ephemeral fetuses through the power of Buddhist philosophical texts and protective science. This chapter emphasizes that although Abhidhamma texts often say absolutely nothing about fetal development, motherhood, and birth, male monks use them to invoke the generative power of a mother. They are used to metaphorically and, many believe, actually create new life. T…
Buddhists in Modern Southeast Asia
This article contrasts the study of Southeast Asian Buddhist social and political movements and institutions (ecclesiastical, colonial, royal, or governmental) with the study of individuals who are recreating Buddhism outside of the various national Sangha organizations and political structures. The power of the state to control nuns, monks, and even lay expression is often over emphasized in modern scholarship. Until recently, the agency and cre…
The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk
Stories centering on the lovelorn ghost (Mae Nak) and the magical monk (Somdet To) are central to Thai Buddhism. Historically important and emotionally resonant, these characters appeal to every class of follower. Metaphorically and rhetorically powerful, they invite constant reimagining across time. Focusing on representations of the ghost and monk from the late eighteenth century to the present, Justin Thomas McDaniel builds a case for interpre…
The agency between images
The ghost, Mae Nak, is well-known in Thai Buddhism as a protector of soldiers, pregnant mothers, and young lovers. Her shrine at Wat Mahabut (a monastery in Bangkok) is an important center of worship, astrology, and ritual protection. However, her statue is not alone. It is part of the pantheon of famous monks, “Hindu” deities, and Buddhas at Wat Mahabut. They draw power from each other. The relationship between these images, and what they can te…
Evo Ṣuyadi
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (1929-2014)
Une grande figure de l’anthropologie anglo-saxonne nous a quittés le 19 janvier 2014. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, que ses collègues, étudiants et amis appelaient affectueusement « Tambi », a enseigné dans les départements d’anthropologie britanniques et américains les plus prestigieux. Assistant lecturer puis Fellow au King’s College de Cambridge de 1964 à 1972, il fut ensuite professeur à l’Université de Chicago de 1973 à 1976, et occupa la chaire…
Liberation Materiality
“Material: an enameled metal case...made by Nun Boonruean mixed auspicious powders, blessed gem powder, silver sand stone powder and gold sand stone powder finally embedded holy stone...It is good for
Architects of Buddhist Leisure
Buddhism, usually described as an austere religion which condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the monastic and contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists across Asia have worked to build a leisure culture both within and outside of monasteries. The author looks at the growth of Buddhist leisure culture through a study of architects who helped design tourist sites…
Architects of Buddhist Leisure
Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's culture of Buddhist leisure through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDan…
Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia
This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and ra…
Strolling through Temporary Temples
Thai installation art provides a view into modern, non-monastic experiences of Buddhism. Buddhist practice and scholarship often depend on centuries-old ritual practices and texts, and designated religious sites and persons. However, installation art illumines a fluxing and organic Buddhism – and one that is increasingly globalised and public. An evolving artistic zeitgeist is fused with classical tenets of Buddhism and diverse spiritualties. Eac…
Ethnicity and the galactic polity
Edward Van Roy's Siamese melting pot: Ethnic minorities in the making of Bangkok is a tour de force and one of the most important books on the history of Bangkok and late-modern Thai history ever to be published. It is clearly written and presented, it provides excellent maps, and brings to light little-known sources and surprising facts about the history of the most iconic neighbourhoods in the city. It exposes the histories of various Muslim, M…
The Goddess of Old Money
Morgan, Rockefeller, Girard, Astor, Getty, Fugger, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt were among the most well-known ultra-wealthy families of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They ran tran
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing
Religious Studies, Theology, and Human Flourishing explores the implications of religious studies and theology for well-being, illuminating connections among theory, pedagogy, and practice with nuance and depth. This volume includes constructions and critiques of various conceptualizations of well-being and takes different approaches to its cultivation, both inside and outside the classroom. This volume provides a variety of perspectives from Ind…
History (10 works) · Buddhism (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Asian Studies and History (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works)