Constituting Communities Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia

John Clifford Holt is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. He has written many books, includingSpirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture,The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation,Politics and Culture, andThe Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art and Politics in Late Medieval Sri Lanka. He has also been awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.