TY - BOOK ID - 138299099 TI - Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand : Encounters with Buddhist Monks PY - 2021 SN - 0295748915 PB - Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, DB - UniCat KW - Buddhism KW - Globalization KW - Buddhism and culture KW - Tourism KW - Relations. KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism. KW - Social aspects KW - Thailand KW - Interfaith relations. KW - Tourism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138299099 AB - "Temples are everywhere in Chiang Mai, filled with tourists as well as saffron-robed monks of all ages. The monks participate in daily urban life here as elsewhere in Thailand, where Buddhism is promoted, protected, and valued as a tourist attraction. Yet this mountain city offers more than a fleeting, commodified tourist experience, as the encounters between foreign visitors and Buddhist monks can have long-lasting effects on both parties. These religious contacts take place where economic motives, missionary zeal, and opportunities for cultural exchange coincide. Brooke Schedneck incorporates fieldwork and interviews with student monks and tourists to examine the innovative ways that Thai Buddhist temples offer foreign visitors spaces for religious instruction and popular in-person Monk Chat sessions in which tourists ask questions about Buddhism. Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand also considers how Thai monks perceive other religions and cultures and how they represent their own religion when interacting with tourists, resulting in a revealing study of how religious traditions adapt to an era of globalization"-- ER -