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Spirited politics religion and public life in contemporary southeast Asia ​ Andrew C. Willford and Kenneth M. George, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies on Southeast Asia ; no.38.Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University c2005. Description: 210 pages ill. 26 cmISBN:
  • 0877277370
Other title:
  • Religion and public life in contemporary southeast Asia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322.109596
Contents:
Religion, the Nation, and the Predicaments of Public Life The Priestess and the Politician: Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism through Mt. Banahaw The Modernist Vision from Below: Malaysian Hinduism and the "Way of Prayers" Fraudulent and Dangerous Popular Religiosity in the Public Sphere: Moral Campaigns to Prohibit, Reform, and Demystify Thai Spirit Mediums Islam and Gender Politics in Late New Order Indonesia A Sixth Religion?: Confucianism and the Negotiation of Indonesian-Chinese identity under the Pancasila State Relocating Reciprocity: Politics and the Transformation of Thai Funerals Immaterial Culture: "Idolatry" in the Lowland Philippines Picturing Aceh: Violence, Religion, and a Painter's Tale.
Summary: These essays throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in contemporary Southeast Asian public life. Covering material from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, the contributors explore the calamities and ironies of Southeast Asian identity politics, examining the ways in which religion and politics are made to serve each other.

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Religion, the Nation, and the Predicaments of Public Life The Priestess and the Politician: Enunciating Filipino Cultural Nationalism through Mt. Banahaw The Modernist Vision from Below: Malaysian Hinduism and the "Way of Prayers" Fraudulent and Dangerous Popular Religiosity in the Public Sphere: Moral Campaigns to Prohibit, Reform, and Demystify Thai Spirit Mediums Islam and Gender Politics in Late New Order Indonesia A Sixth Religion?: Confucianism and the Negotiation of Indonesian-Chinese identity under the Pancasila State Relocating Reciprocity: Politics and the Transformation of Thai Funerals Immaterial Culture: "Idolatry" in the Lowland Philippines Picturing Aceh: Violence, Religion, and a Painter's Tale.

These essays throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion, ethnicity, and nationalism in contemporary Southeast Asian public life. Covering material from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, the contributors explore the calamities and ironies of Southeast Asian identity politics, examining the ways in which religion and politics are made to serve each other.

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