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Rendering visible monks in the shadow of power: A review essay on The Irish Buddhist and Monks in Motion
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The Irish Buddhist: The forgotten monk who faced down the British Empire By ALICIA TURNER, LAURENCE COX and BRIAN BOCKING New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 320+xv. Illustrations, Timeline, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
Monks in Motion: Buddhism and modernity across the South China Sea By JACK MENG-TAT CHIA New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 275 + xxi. Illustrations, Appendices, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Index.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2023
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1 Turner, Alicia, Cox, Laurence and Bocking, Brian, The Irish Buddhist: The forgotten monk who faced down the British Empire (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020), p. 23CrossRefGoogle Scholar.
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