Contemporary Dynamics in Religious Practices: Community Multiple Embeddedness and Conflicting Encounters Between Buddhist Monks and the Laity in Sri Lanka

Chandrasoma, R

Contemporary Dynamics in Religious Practices: Community Multiple Embeddedness and Conflicting Encounters Between Buddhist Monks and the Laity in Sri Lanka

Chandrasoma, R

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Publisher:: American Psychological Association (APA)
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Citation:: Peace and Conflict, 2022
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Chandrasoma, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-3715
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-22T00:07:35Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-22T00:07:35Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Peace and Conflict, 2022
dc.identifier.issn	1078-1919
dc.identifier.issn	1532-7949
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/165321
dc.description.abstract	Informed by the concept of discourse community (DC), this empirical research involving 759 participants critically explores the conflicting encounters between Buddhist monks (monks) and the laity in Sri Lanka owing to unorthodox discursive practices emerging from community multiple embeddedness (multiple embeddedness). A DC consists of a group of people who pursue specific goals and engage in practices (discursive practices) common to them; multiple embeddedness occurs when members of such a community share common goals and practices unique to different discourse communities. What is new in this research is that it unravels the root causes of unorthodox practices of monks which pose challenges to traditionalist discourses relating to Buddhism. A wealth of evidence derived from the qualitative data reveals that monks can no longer adhere to their ordination practices in pristine reality since they are being subjected to new social dynamics in tune with a variety of imperatives; hence, the boundary between monkhood and worldliness is increasingly becoming blurred engendering conflicts instead of peace
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	American Psychological Association (APA)
dc.relation.ispartof	Peace and Conflict
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1037/pac0000640
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dc.rights	© American Psychological Association, 2022-10-06. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available at http://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000640
dc.subject	1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Social Psychology
dc.title	Contemporary Dynamics in Religious Practices: Community Multiple Embeddedness and Conflicting Encounters Between Buddhist Monks and the Laity in Sri Lanka
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of International Studies
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Abstract:

Informed by the concept of discourse community (DC), this empirical research involving 759 participants critically explores the conflicting encounters between Buddhist monks (monks) and the laity in Sri Lanka owing to unorthodox discursive practices emerging from community multiple embeddedness (multiple embeddedness). A DC consists of a group of people who pursue specific goals and engage in practices (discursive practices) common to them; multiple embeddedness occurs when members of such a community share common goals and practices unique to different discourse communities. What is new in this research is that it unravels the root causes of unorthodox practices of monks which pose challenges to traditionalist discourses relating to Buddhism. A wealth of evidence derived from the qualitative data reveals that monks can no longer adhere to their ordination practices in pristine reality since they are being subjected to new social dynamics in tune with a variety of imperatives; hence, the boundary between monkhood and worldliness is increasingly becoming blurred engendering conflicts instead of peace

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