书目名称 | Muslim Merit-making in Thailand‘s Far-South |
编辑 | Christopher M. Joll |
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概述 | An first ethnographic description of lived Islam among Urban Malays in South Thailand.A much needed counter-balance to descriptions of Islam in South Thailand offered by political scientists and secur |
丛书名称 | Muslims in Global Societies Series |
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描述 | .This volume provides an ethnographic description of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Thailand’s Malay far-south. This study is situated in Cabetigo, one of Pattani’s oldest and most important Malay communities that has been subjected to a range of Thai and Islamic influences over the last hundred years. The volume describes religious rhetoric related to merit-making being conducted in both Thai and Malay, that the spiritual currency of merit is generated through the performance of locally occurring Malay .adat., and globally normative .amal ‘ibadat. . Concerning the rationale for merit-making, merit-makers are motivated by both a desire to ensure their own comfort in the grave and personal vindication at judgment, as well as to transfer merit for those already in the grave, who are known to the merit-maker. While the rhetoric elements of Muslim merit-making reveal Thai influence, its ritual elements confirm the local impact of reformist activism.. |
出版日期 | Book 2012 |
关键词 | Anthropology of Islam; Islam in South Thailand; Muslim merit-making; Reformism and Traditionalism; Relig |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2485-3 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9523-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-2485-3Series ISSN 2452-1361 Series E-ISSN 2543-053X |
issn_series | 2452-1361 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 |