Engaging the Spirit World, 2012, Vol.5, p.184
1, 2012
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Reconfiguring Manora Rongkru: Ancestor Worship and Spirit Possession in Southern Thailand
- Ist Teil von
- Engaging the Spirit World, 2012, Vol.5, p.184
- Auflage
- 1
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Berghahn Books
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Alma/SFX Local Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Religion in Thailand today is characterized by contradiction: while conventional Theravada Buddhism seems to have lost much appeal with the younger generation, Buddhism is also being revived in new forms. The worship of Buddhist saints, the booming cult of Buddhist amulets, and the presence of “magic monks” show that a reconfigured Buddhism is able to thrive in particular niches in modern urban society (Jackson 1999; Taylor 1999, 2008; Kitiarsa 2005b). While the capitalist economy and the growing nation-state have weakened ancestral traditions and traditional authority in rural areas, the same forces have also propelled the dramatic expansion in, and presence
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 0857453580, 9780857453587Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_ebookcentralchapters_915506_15_194
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Ancestors, Animal behavior, Anthropology, Applied anthropology, Behavioral sciences, Buddhism, Ceremonies, Cultural anthropology, Cultural customs, Deities, Diviners, Ethnic groups, Ethnology, Ethnoreligious groups, Ethology, Families, Family members, Human societies, Islam, Muslims, Natural theology, Practical theology, Religion, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Religious practices, Religious rituals, Rituals, Social institutions, Sociology, Spirit mediums, Spiritual belief systems, Spiritual leaders, Theism, Theology, Theravada