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The Spirit of Things: Materiality and Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia

The Spirit of Things: Materiality and Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia

Bautista, Julius

Hardcover

Series: Studies on Southeast Asia

Comparative ReligionGeneral SociologySoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 0877277885
ISBN13: 9780877277880
Publisher: Cornell Univ
Published: Nov 15 2012
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.10 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

What role do objects play in crafting the religions of Southeast Asia and shaping the experiences of believers? The Spirit of Things explores religious materiality in a region marked by shifting boundaries, multiple beliefs, and trends toward religious exclusivism. While most studies of religion in Southeast Asia focus on doctrines or governmental policy, contributors to this volume recognize that religious things--statues, talismans, garments, even sacred automobiles--are crucial to worship, and that they have a broad impact on social cohesion. By engaging with religion in its tangible forms, faith communities reiterate their essential narratives, allegiances, and boundaries, and negotiate their coexistence with competing belief systems. These ethnographic and historical studies of Southeast Asia furnish us with intriguing perspectives on wider debates concerning the challenges of secularization, pluralism, and interfaith interactions around the world.

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