McKinley Mountain at a Center of the World

Pilgrimage and Pluralism in Sri Lanka
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-55850-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKinley, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.