Justin McDaniel
Justin McDaniel (PhD, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard) is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words (Washington, 2008) which won the Association for Asian Studies Harry Benda Prize, and The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk (Columbia, 2011), which won the Association for Asian Studies George McT. Kahin Prize.
Justin McDaniel (PhD, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard) is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words (Washington, 2008) which won the Association for Asian Studies Harry Benda Prize, and The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk (Columbia, 2011), which won the Association for Asian Studies George McT. Kahin Prize. See less
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Justin McDaniel book reviews
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The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand
Great book as travel guide to unusual Bangkok
A very unusual book , ... an American professor who has been a Buddhist monk in Bangkok, talking about a side of Bangkok that will be of no interest whatsoever to your normal tourist. But if you are ... Read More