Stephen T. Asma, Ph.D.

The Gods Drink Whiskey

Stumbling Toward Enlightenment on the Land of the Tattered Buddha

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STEPHEN ASMA is a professor of Buddhism at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. He is also the author of the illustrated, best-selling Buddha for Beginners, and of the acclaimed Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums.

Description

A sometimes funny, always thoughtful, action-packed spiritual travelogue through Southeast Asia where the oldest form of Buddhism is slowly emerging from its post–Khmer Rouge oppression.