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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexander McKinley
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.02.2024
• EAN: 9780231210614
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21061-4
• Pagine: 344
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; 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