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Author Reuter, Thomas

Title Faith in the Future : Understanding the Revitalization of Religions and Cultural Traditions in Asia
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (335 pages)
Series Social Sciences in Asia
Social sciences in Asia.
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
Summary 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 revitalization movements and assesses their scope for shaping the future trajectories of societies in all parts of the world
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Subject Autonomy (Psychology) -- Religious aspects.
Autonomy (Psychology)
Autonomy (Psychology)
Autonomy (Psychology) -- Religious aspects
Religion
SUBJECT Asia -- Religion -- 21st century
Subject Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Horstmann, Alexander
ISBN 9789004233669
9004233660
9004230378
9789004230378
9781283717007
128371700X