Series Editor's Preface ....................................... vii
Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
Introduction .................................................... 1
1 Views of the Religious Landscape ............................ 16
2 Space and the Ranking of Buddhisms .......................... 37
3 Masculinities and Performances of Skepticism ................ 60
4 Offerings and Blessings ..................................... 79
5 Women, Offerings, and Symbolic Capital ...................... 97
6 Sutra Recital and Buddhist Identities ...................... 118
7 Conspicuous Devotion and Devotional Distinctions ........... 138
8 Interpretive Distinctions .................................. 159
9 Language, Orthodoxy, and Performances of Authority ......... 178
Conclusion .................................................... 199
Notes ......................................................... 205
Bibliography .................................................. 219
Index ......................................................... 231
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