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Sacred tensions : modernity and religious transformation in Malaysia / Raymond L.M. Lee, Susan E. Ackerman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)Publication details: Columbia S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1997.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 172 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0585343845
  • 9780585343846
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred tensions.DDC classification:
  • 306.6/09595 21
LOC classification:
  • BL2080 .L44 1997eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 73.55
  • BE 8104
  • RR 56962
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Contents:
Religion and the ambiguities of modernity -- Religion and ethnicity in Malaysia -- Religio in imperium : Islam and the Malay State -- In search of Nirvana : reformism and charisma in Buddhist revitalization -- The lance and the lotus : passion and devotion in the Hindu quest -- The empowerment of marginality : from rational knowledge to organized ecstasy in Christianity -- Rebirth of the gods.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: Despite predictions that the contemporary world with its secular trends would eventually turn religion into an anachronism, at no time in modern history has religion been more vibrant and intense than now. In Sacred Tensions, Raymond L. M. Lee and Susan E. Ackerman consider this resurgence of religion, particularly the resurgence of charismatic practices, in light of the importance of modernity, rationalism, and bureaucracy. The authors look specifically at the relation between secularization and religion in Malaysia, which, as a crossroads of the world religions, exemplifies religious multiplicity. They examine the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity and from their analyses provide insight about how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)51053

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.

Religion and the ambiguities of modernity -- Religion and ethnicity in Malaysia -- Religio in imperium : Islam and the Malay State -- In search of Nirvana : reformism and charisma in Buddhist revitalization -- The lance and the lotus : passion and devotion in the Hindu quest -- The empowerment of marginality : from rational knowledge to organized ecstasy in Christianity -- Rebirth of the gods.

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Despite predictions that the contemporary world with its secular trends would eventually turn religion into an anachronism, at no time in modern history has religion been more vibrant and intense than now. In Sacred Tensions, Raymond L. M. Lee and Susan E. Ackerman consider this resurgence of religion, particularly the resurgence of charismatic practices, in light of the importance of modernity, rationalism, and bureaucracy. The authors look specifically at the relation between secularization and religion in Malaysia, which, as a crossroads of the world religions, exemplifies religious multiplicity. They examine the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity and from their analyses provide insight about how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world.