Faith in the Future : Understanding the Revitalization of Religions and Cultural Traditions in Asia.
Revitalization of religious and cultural traditions is taking place in nearly all contemporary Asian societies and beyond. Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religions and Cultural Traditions in Asia provides a comparative analysis of the key features and aspirations of revital...
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2012.
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| Series: | Social sciences in Asia.
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Table of Contents:
- Contributors; List of Figures; Chapter One Religious and Cultural Revitalization: A Post-Modern Phenomenon?; Chapter Two An Ancient Temple and a New King: Revitalisation, Ritual and Politics in the Highlands of Bali; Chapter Three Cultural Solutions to Religious Conflicts? The Revival of Tradition in the Moluccas, Eastern Indonesia; Chapter Four Negotiating Charisma: The Social Dimension of Philippine Crucifixion Rituals; Chapter Five Performing Multi-Religious Ritual in Southern Thailand: Polyphony, Contestation, and Transgression.
- Chapter Six A Mood of Crisis: Balinese Ritual Culture Between Creolization and CriticismChapter Seven Climate Change and Religion in Southeast Asia: Steps Towards Evolutionary Learning; Chapter Eight Invisible Blood: Ritual as Information Processing in Laos; Chapter Nine Khmer Spirits, Chinese Bodies: Chinese Spirit Mediums and Spirit Possession Rituals in Contemporary Cambodia; Chapter Ten Trading Traditions: Modernist Islam and Agricultural Rituals in Buton, Indonesia; Chapter Eleven Spirits and Citizens: The Politics of Religious Difference in Indonesia.
- Chapter Twelve God is the Greatest: Multiple Forms of Muslim Religiosity in Peninsular MalaysiaChapter Thirteen Fire and Water: Ritual Innovation, Tourism, and Spontaneous Religiosity in Hat Yai, Southern Thailand; Chapter Fourteen From Party Bureaucrat to Ritual Expert: The Role of the Officiator in Chinese Funeral Ceremonies; Index.