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Focuses on the proposition "that theology is at its best when it is political, and politics is saved from a secular ideology when it listens to a theological critique." The editor draws parallels between the Canaanite period of Israelite history and the "Liberal Possessive Individualism" that he sees dominating Canadian ideology.

Discusses the philosophical problem of Being in the school of the Middle Way, Mdhyamika Buddhism, and in the Tantric School of Mahyna Buddhism; surveys Hindu views of Buddhism and explores Buddhism's relationship with other Indian religious and philosophical traditions; and analyses developments in Buddhist thought in China.

A leading student of CambodiaΓÇÖs history considers a range of themes and problems including the leper-king myth at Angkor, post-Angkorean normative poems, nineteenth century perceptions of the moral order, and royally sponsored human sacrifices in rural Cambodia in the 1870s. Other essays deal with aspects of the colonial period and the revolutionary era (1975-1979). This collection closes with two essays, written 16 years apart, that deal with what the author calls ΓÇ£the tragedy of Cambodian history.ΓÇ¥