Spirited Politics: Religion and Public Life in Contemporary Southeast Asia

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SEAP Publications, 2005 - 210 pagine
Introduction : Religion, the nation, and the predicaments of public life in Southeast Asia / Kenneth M. George and Andrew C. Willford -- The priestess and the politician : enunciating Filipino cultural nationalism through Mt. Banahaw / Smita Lahiri -- The modernist vision from below : Malaysian Hinduism and the "way of prayers" / Andrew C. Willford -- Fraudulent and dangerous popular religiosity in the public sphere : moral campaigns to prohibit, reform, and demystify Thai spirit mediums / Erick White -- Islam and gender politics in late New Order Indonesia / Suzanne Brenner -- A sixth religion? : Confucianism and the negotiation of Indonesian-Chinese identity under the Pancasila state / Andrew J. Abalahin -- Relocating reciprocity : politics and the transformation of Thai funerals / Thamora Fishel -- Immaterial culture : "idolatry" in the lowland Philippines / Fenella Cannell -- Picturing Aceh : violence, religion, and a painter's tale / Kenneth M. George.

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Acknowledgments
7
Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism
23
Malaysian Hinduism and the Way of Prayers
45
Moral
69
Islam and Gender Politics in Late New Order Indonesia
93
Confucianism and the Negotiation of IndonesianChinese
119
Politics and the Transformation of Thai Funerals
143
Idolatry in the Lowland Philippines
159
Violence Religion and a Painters Tale
185
Contributors
209
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