First edition. Top edge of boards lightly soiled, jacket lightly toned, ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1971 Hard Cover. xiv, 366 pp. This is an empirical study of religion - particularly religious change. In it, Gombrich explores all aspects of religious change in belief and practice in Ceylon, not only in modern times but over the two and a half millennia during which Buddhism has flourished.

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Title: Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1971
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198265255
ISBN 13: 9780198265252
Binding: Hard Cover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Weight: 24 ounces

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First published in 1995. This study is intended as a contribution to the empirical study of religion, and in particular to the study of religious change. Using empirical method of using documents, interviews and experiments the author tests his old hypotheses in order to formulate new ones that my lead him to the truth. He focusses on the distinctions used throughout this book, that are between what people say they believe and say they do, and what they really believe and really do, using his research of the Sinhalese Buddhists in Ceylon

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