Mountain At a Center of the World - Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka

Considering the diverse heritage of the pilgrimage site of Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain.

List of contents

A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Terminology, and Teaching
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Making the Most of a Mountain
Part I: A Mountain and Its People
1. Rock, Water, and Montane Agency
2. The Workaday Mountain
Part II: A Mountain of Myth
3. Adam’s Peak and Buddhist Visions of Mecca
4. Admitting and Forbidding Siva at the Peak
Part III: Being Like a Mountain
5. Pilgrimage Ethics from Pluralism
Conclusion: Deep Stakes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Alexander McKinley studies the religious traditions of Sri Lanka, especially their connections and transformations across past and present. He received a PhD in religion and modernity from Duke University and teaches at Lake Forest College and Loyola University Chicago.

Summary

Considering the diverse heritage of the pilgrimage site of Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander McKinley
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2024
• EAN: 9780231210607
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21060-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sri Lanka, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, pilgrimage, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian), Religious sites / Holy or sacred places, RELIGION / Pilgrims & Pilgrimages, RELIGION / Sacred Places, religion; history; social science