Open AccessReview Essay: The Buddha’s Wizards
Author(s) -
Justin W. Henry
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin for the study of religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2041-1871
pISSN - 2041-1863
DOI - 10.1558/bsor.38314
Subject(s) - gautama buddha , magic (telescope) , burmese , buddhism , art , theology , art history , religious studies , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The Buddha’s Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism by Thomas Nathan Patton. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. US $60 (hardcover). xxxiv + 187 pp. ISBN: 9780231187602.