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Andrew Beatty, Meyer Fortes, Edmund Leach

Varieties of Javanese Religion - An Anthropological Account

English · Paperback / Softback

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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.

Product details

Authors	Andrew Beatty
Assisted by	Meyer Fortes (Editor), Edmund Leach (Editor)
Publisher	Cambridge University Press ELT

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	08.04.1999

EAN	9780521624732
ISBN	978-0-521-62473-2
No. of pages	292
Series	Cambridge Studies in Social an
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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