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Acknowledgments Credits Dedication Contents Stripping: A Preface 1 1 Killing Faith 15 2 Birthing Faith 36 3 The Edge of the Forest 52 4 The Anthropology of Place 66 5 Orchids: Half Sacred, Half Profane 80 6 American Girls 100 7 Going to Hell 115 8 Harvard Rules 127 9 Anthropology of Myself 145 10 Fieldwork 156 11 Pilgrims 168 12 The Body of Woman 178 13 Hungry Ghosts 188 14 The Naga Princess 199 15 Lessons in Lying & Killing for the Black Buddhist Nun 213 16 Open Doors 229 17 Flying Igbos 242 18 Landing 263 Get Married, Buy a Car: Epilogue 270 Afterword 277
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Adielâe, Faith, Spiritual biography United States, Buddhist nuns United States Biography, Buddhist nuns Thailand Religious life, Monasticism and religious orders for women, Buddhist Thailand