Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-86883-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Religion has long been a powerful cultural, social, and political force in the Himalaya. Increased economic and cultural flows, growth in tourism, and new forms of governance and media, however, have brought significant changes to the religious traditions of the region in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

This book presents detailed case studies of lived religion in the Himalaya in this context of rapid change to offer intra-regional perspectives on the ways in which lived religions are being re-configured or re-imagined. Based on original fieldwork, this book documents understudied forms of religion in the region and presents unique perspectives on the phenomenon and experience of religion, discussing why, when, and where practices, discourses, and the category of religion itself, are engaged by varying communities in the region. It yields fruitful insights into both the religious traditions and lived human experiences of Himalayan peoples in the modern era.

Presenting new research and perspectives on the Himalayan region, this book should be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, and Modernity.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sijapati, Megan Adamson

Birkenholtz, Jessica Vantine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction 1. Modern Religiosities, Religious Modernities: Views from the Himalaya Part II: Space, Place, and Material Modernities 2. In the Mountains of Radical Juxtaposition: Kedarnath at the Beginning of a New Millennium 3. T-Pop and the Lama: Buddhist "Rites Out of Place" in Tibetan Monastery Produced VCDs 4. Pocketing the Himalayas: Sacred Souvenirs of the 4-Dham Pilgrimage Part III Gods and Place: Migration, Deities, and Identities 5. From Text to Internet, From Aniconic to Statuesque: Modern Textual and Performative Innovations in a Nepali Goddess Tradition 6. Adulterous Dotiyal or Protector of the Oppressed? Modernity and the Reframing of Ganganath’s Itihas in Uttarakhand Part IV: Education, Governance, Official Discourses and Religion 7. Redefining Monastic Education: The Case of Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery in the Kathmandu Valley 8. Schooling Virtue: Education for ‘Spiritual Development’ in Northern Pakistan 9. At the Boundary of Modernity: Religion, Technocracy, and Waste Management in Bhutan

Über Autor(innen)

Megan Adamson Sijapati, PhD, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Co-Chair of Globalization Studies at Gettysburg College, in Pennsylvania, USA. She is the author of Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation (Routledge, 2011).

Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Hinduism in the Department of Religion at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. She is the Reviews Editor for Himalaya, journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies.