Varieties of Javanese Religion

Klappentext This is the most comprehensive book on Javanese religion since Geertz's famous study of 1960. Zusammenfassung This is the most comprehensive book on Javanese religion since Clifford Geertz's famous study of 1960. Written in a vivid! jargon-free style! it should appeal to students of anthropology! comparative religion! and Islam! and to anyone interested in understanding how an exotic religion is practised. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The Slametan: agreeing to differ; 3. The sanctuary; 4. A Javanese cult; 5. Practical Islam; 6. Javanism; 7. Sangkan paran: a Javanist sect; 8. Javanese Hinus; 9. Conclusion.

Klappentext
Java is famous for its combination of diverse cultural forms and religious beliefs. In this most comprehensive study of Javanese religion since Clifford Geertz's classic study, Andrew Beatty considers Javanese solutions to problems of cultural difference, and how villagers make sense of their complex, multi-layered culture. Pantheist mystics, supernaturalists, orthodox Muslims and Hindu converts at once construct contrasting faiths and create a common ground through syncretist ritual. Vividly evoking the local religious life, this book probes beyond the surface of ritual and cosmology, revealing the compromise inherent in practical religion.

Zusammenfassung
This is the most comprehensive book on Javanese religion since Clifford Geertz's famous study of 1960. Written in a vivid, jargon-free style, it should appeal to students of anthropology, comparative religion, and Islam, and to anyone interested in understanding how an exotic religion is practised.

Inhalt
1. Introduction; 2. The Slametan: agreeing to differ; 3. The sanctuary; 4. A Javanese cult; 5. Practical Islam; 6. Javanism; 7. Sangkan paran: a Javanist sect; 8. Javanese Hinus; 9. Conclusion.

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