Pierced by Murugan's Lance

Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption among Malaysian Hindus

Elizabeth Fuller Collins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

1997
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87580-574-0 (ISBN)

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An analysis of the Thaipusam festival of the Hindu Tamils of Malaysia and the vows they make to the god Murugan. It explores the meaning of vow fulfilment as reflected in social, economic and political divisions in the Tamil community, and the practice of ritual as a form of symbolic action.

Table of Contents

1 The Power of Murugan's Lance

2 Murugan as Metaphor

3 The Hindu Tamils of Penang: Gurus, Brahmins, and Pujaris

4 Thaipusam in Penang

5 Rituals and Politics

6 Arul: The Trance of Divine Grace

7 Symbolic Acts: The Meanings of Ritual Vow Fulfillment

8 A Ceremonial Animal

9 Ritual, Power, and Moral Redemption

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-87580-574-4 / 0875805744
ISBN-13	978-0-87580-574-0 / 9780875805740
Zustand	Neuware