Blurb:

Expanding on Touna’s analysis, Oppermann examines a recent controversy at a small Buddhist temple in Thailand whose monks were defrocked after testing positive for methamphetamine to explore the implicit anachronism in constructions of “authentic” representations of Buddhism and Buddhist practices. Oppermann argues that these are not merely reflections of reality and that instead of attempting to delineate what does or does not get to count as “authentic Buddhism,” we should consider how and why those claims are made.