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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455340503321

Autore

Beatty Andrew

Titolo

Varieties of Javanese religion : an anthropological account / / Andrew Beatty [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11525-6

0-511-17301-6

0-511-32488-X

0-511-61249-4

1-280-41899-0

0-521-62444-4

0-511-05079-8

0-511-15196-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (civ, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; ; 111

Disciplina

200/.9598

Soggetti

Java (Indonesia) Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of plates; Glossary; 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 Hindus; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Java is famous for its combination of diverse cultural forms and religious beliefs. Andrew Beatty considers Javanese solutions to the problem of cultural difference, and explores the ways in which Javanese villages make sense of their complex and multi-layered culture. Pantheist mystics, supernaturalists, orthodox Muslims and Hindu converts at once construct contrasting faiths and create a common ground through syncretist ritual. Vividly evoking the religious life of Javanese villagers, its controversies and reconciliations, its humour and irony, its philosophical seriousness, and its formal beauty, Dr Beatty probes beyond the finished surfaces of ritual and cosmology to show the debate and compromise inherent in practical religion. This is the



most comprehensive study of Javanese religion since Clifford Geertz's classic study of 1960.