Theravada Buddhism Military administration art historian Karen Hearn looks

art historian Karen Hearn looks at representations of pregnancy through the ages and interrogates how the social mores and preoccupations of different periods affected the ways in which pregnant women were visually depicted

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' Nikki Smith

'The kind of book that pulls up a chair

Theravada Buddhism Military administration art historian Karen Hearn looksIt is a wonderful tour de force. At last here is a book that pays attention to the whole scope of the Theravda tradition, from its historical developments in various cultural contexts, to the diversity of its practices, to the evolution and variety of its doctrines, and to its present day situations in the modern world. John Strong, Bates College [A] wonderful and welcome addition to the field this book will prove to be the best introduction to the