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Robert L. Winzeler - Popular Religion in Southeast Asia, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Popular Religion in Southeast Asia

Av Robert L. Winzeler

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In this overview of popular religion in Southeast Asia, Robert L. Winzeler offers an interpretative look at the nature of today’s indigenous religious traditions as well as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity and conversion. He focuses not on religion as it exists in books, doctrine, theology, and among elites and dominant institutions but rather in the lives, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people.Popular Religion in Southeast Asia employs a broad view of religion as involving not just the usual Western notions of faith but also supernatural belief in general, magic, sorcery, and practical concerns such as healing, personal protection, and success in business. Case studies and concrete examples flesh out the discussion, demonstrating how popular religion relates to historical and contemporary social, cultural, political, and economic developments in the region.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2015-12-17
  • Mått: 158 x 234 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 572 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 322
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9780759124400
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Robert L. Winzeler is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his AM and PhD from the University of Chicago and has done extensive long-term fieldwork in both insular and mainland Southeast Asia. His numerous books include The Peoples of Southeast Asia Today (2011) and Anthropology and Religion, Second Edition (2012).

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Robert L. Winzeler aims to define "popular religion" systematically throughout this book. He distinguishes between the two fundamental dimensions of religion. This book is successful in introducing such a difficult topic to general readers without using too much academic jargon. It provides generous guidance as an introductory book. Readers who are interested in the study of comparative religions will benefit from reading this book.

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