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.
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"Both Indonesianists and scholars of ritual should consider this book a "must read" for its richly detailed account of how rituals are practice, invented, altered, and interpreted in a highly charged political context." Journal of Ritual Studies
"...and the book's engaging portrayal of religious change coupled with the clarity of its presentation overall make it a valuable resource for understanding patterns diversity amoung religious traditions of Southern Asia." Anna M. Gade, The Journal Of Asian Studies
"...and the book's engaging portrayal of religious change coupled with the clarity of its presentation overall make it a valuable resource for understanding patterns diversity amoung religious traditions of Southern Asia." Anna M. Gade, The Journal Of Asian Studies
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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.
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The concept of the 'total social phenomenon', in Mauss's odd but compelling phrase, has served anthropology well, not only as a frame for thinking about the complexity of cultural forms but as a narrative device, a way of handling the transition from the exuberant and bewildering world encountered in the field to the orderly microcosm of the ethnography itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sangkan Paran, Buyut Cili, Buyut Cungking, Alas Purwo, New Order, Pak Saleh, Javanese Hindus, Sapta Darma, Central Java, East Java, Pak Toro, Javanese Hinduism, Macan Putih, Pak Gatot, Tawang Alun, Pak Rasno, Siti Jenar, Bat Cave, High Javanese, Muhammad Rasulullah, Pak Suhem, Pak Suroso, Dandang Miring, Dewa Ayu, Empty Slametan New!
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The concept of the 'total social phenomenon', in Mauss's odd but compelling phrase, has served anthropology well, not only as a frame for thinking about the complexity of cultural forms but as a narrative device, a way of handling the transition from the exuberant and bewildering world encountered in the field to the orderly microcosm of the ethnography itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sangkan Paran, Buyut Cili, Buyut Cungking, Alas Purwo, New Order, Pak Saleh, Javanese Hindus, Sapta Darma, Central Java, East Java, Pak Toro, Javanese Hinduism, Macan Putih, Pak Gatot, Tawang Alun, Pak Rasno, Siti Jenar, Bat Cave, High Javanese, Muhammad Rasulullah, Pak Suhem, Pak Suroso, Dandang Miring, Dewa Ayu, Empty Slametan New!
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- Performance in Java and Bali by B. Arps in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Muslim Society (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Ernest Gellner in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Outline of a Theory of Practice (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Pierre Bourdieu in Back Matter
- Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Robert John Foster in Back Matter
- Honor and Grace in Anthropology (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by J. G. Peristiany in Back Matter
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- Religious Harmony: Problems, Practice, and Education (Religion and Reason 45) by Michael Pye on page 71, and page 209
- The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction by Victor King in Back Matter
- The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia: An Introduction by Victor King in Back Matter
- Civil Islam by Robert W. Hefner in Back Matter
- Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier by Magnus Marsden in Back Matter
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