The Appropriation of Religion in Southeast Asia and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Appropriation of Religion in Southeast Asia and Beyond write by Michel Picard. This book was released on 2017-08-11. The Appropriation of Religion in Southeast Asia and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume investigates various processes by which world religions become localized, as well as how local traditions in Southeast Asia and Melanesia become universalized. In the name of modernity and progress, the contemporary Southeast Asian states tend to press their populations to have a ‘religion,' claiming that their local, indigenous practices and traditions do not constitute religion. Authors analyze this ‘religionization,’ addressing how local people appropriate religion as a category to define some of their practices as differentiated from others, whether they want to have a religion or are constrained to demonstrate that they profess one. Thus, ‘religion’ is what is regarded as such by these local actors, which might not correspond to what counts as religion for the observer. Furthermore, local actors do not always concur regarding what their religion is about, as religion is a contested issue. In consequence, each of the case studies in this volume purposes to elucidate what gets identified and legitimized as ‘religion’, by whom, for what purpose, and under what political conditions.
Philosophies of Appropriated Religions
Philosophies of Appropriated Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philosophies of Appropriated Religions write by Soraj Hongladarom. This book was released on 2024-01-22. Philosophies of Appropriated Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book brings together different intercultural philosophical points of view discussing the philosophical impact of what we call the ‘appropriated’ religions of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is home to most of the world religions. Buddhism is predominantly practiced in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Laos, and Cambodia; Islam in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; and Christianity in the Philippines and Timor-Leste. Historical data show, however, that these world religions are imported cultural products, and have been reimagined, assimilated, and appropriated by the culture that embraced them. In this collection, we see that these ‘appropriated’ religions imply a culturally nuanced worldview, which, in turn, impacts how the traditional problems in the philosophy of religion are framed and answered—in particular, questions about the existence and nature of the divine, the problem of evil, and the nature of life after death. Themes explored include: religious belief and digital transition, Theravāda Buddhist philosophy, religious diversity, Buddhism and omniscience, indigenous belief systems, divine apology and unmerited human suffering, dialetheism and the problem of evil, Buddhist philosophy and Spinoza’s views on death and immortality, belief and everyday realities in the Philippines, comparative religious philosophy, gendering the Hindu concept of dharma, Christian devotion and salvation during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines through the writings of Jose Rizal, indigenous Islamic practices in the Philippines, practiced traditions in contemporary Filipino celebrations of Christmas, role of place-aspects in the appropriation of religions in Southeast Asia, and fate and divine omniscience. This book is of interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy of religion, sociology of religion, anthropology of religion, cultural studies, comparative religion, religious studies, and Asian studies.
Relations Between Religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia
Relations Between Religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Relations Between Religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia write by Donny Gahral Adian. This book was released on 2009. Relations Between Religions and Cultures in Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Sectarianisation in Southeast Asia and Beyond
Sectarianisation in Southeast Asia and Beyond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sectarianisation in Southeast Asia and Beyond write by Saleena Saleem. This book was released on 2021. Sectarianisation in Southeast Asia and Beyond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Religion and Modernization in Southeast Asia
Religion and Modernization in Southeast Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion and Modernization in Southeast Asia write by Fred R. Von der Mehden. This book was released on 1986. Religion and Modernization in Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
