The Domain of Constant Excess - Rohan Bastin

The Domain of Constant Excess

Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka

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Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2003
Berghahn Books, Incorporated (Verlag)
978-1-57181-252-0 (ISBN)
123,45 inkl. MwSt
Bastin (anthropology, archaeology, and sociology, James Cook U.) has recast his doctoral dissertation for University College London, which explores how religious meaning and potency acquire force in the production and reproduction of everyday worship. He addresses general issues about Hindu temples
The Sri Lankan ethnic conflict that has occurred largely between Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus is marked by a degree of religious tolerance that sees both communities worshiping together. This study describes one important site of such worship, the ancient Hindu temple complex of Munnesvaram. Standing adjacent to one of Sri Lanka's historical western ports, the fortunes of the Munnesvaram temples have waxed and waned through the years of turbulence, violence and social change that have been the country's lot since the advent of European colonialism in the Indian Ocean. Bastin recounts the story of these temples and analyses how the Hindu temple is reproduced as a center of worship amidst conflict and competition.

Rohan Bastin is Head of the School of Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology at James Cook University.

Acknowledgements



Chapter 1. Worship, Difference and Marvellous Potentiality

Chapter 2. Fluidity and Ambiguity in the History of Munnesvaram

Chapter 3. Myths and Marginality; Ritual Practices and Religious Identity

Chapter 4. The Saivite Temple as a Monumental Architecture

Chapter 5. 'The Look and the Thing Seen': Puja and Arccanai

Chapter 6. The Presence of Sakti; Guardians, Games and the Formation of Power

Chapter 7. The World Inside Out

Chapter 8. The Domain of Excess

Chapter 9. Divine Kings and Regal Gods: Temples in Society and History



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Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.1.2003
Verlagsort Herndon
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 513 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Hinduismus
ISBN-10 1-57181-252-0 / 1571812520
ISBN-13 978-1-57181-252-0 / 9781571812520
Zustand Neuware
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