Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Notes on the Transliteration System Introduction Part I. Cambodian Religion and the Historical Construction of Nation 1. The Future of Cambodia’s Past A Messianic Middle-Period Cambodian Royal Cult 2. Khmer Identity and Theraväda Buddhism 3. Making a Religion of the Nation and Its Language: The French Protectorate (1863–1954) and the Dhammakāy Part II. The Icon of the Leper King 4. The Suffering of Kings: Substitute Bodies, Healing, and Justice in Cambodia 5. Stec Gaṃlaṅ’ and Yāy Deb: Worshiping Kings and Queens in Cambodia Today Part III. The Ethnography of Contemporary Cambodian Religion 6. Khmer Buddhism, Female Asceticism, and Salvation 7. A Medium Possession Practice and Its Relationship with Cambodian Buddhism: The Grū Pāramī 8. Clay into Stone: A Modern-Day Tāpas’ Part IV. The Transnationalism of Cambodian Religion 9. Locating the Transnational in Cambodia’s Dhammayātrā 10. The Spirit Cult of Khleang Moeung in Long Beach, California References Contributors Index