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beyond syncretism: hybridization of popular religion in contemporary thailand

Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore), 2005-10, Vol.36 (3), p.461-487 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
beyond syncretism: hybridization of popular religion in contemporary thailand
Author: kitiarsa, pattana
Subjects: Altars ; Analysis ; Anthropology ; Area studies ; Asian studies ; Buddhism ; Case studies ; Changes ; Culture ; Deities ; Hybridity ; Hybridization ; Monks ; Paganism & animism ; Popular culture ; Popular religion ; Religion ; Religion and state ; Religion, Primitive ; Religious aspects ; Religious rituals ; Religious studies ; Religious syncretism ; Social change ; Society ; Southeast Asian culture ; Southeast Asian studies ; Spirit mediums ; Supernatural ; Syncretism ; Thailand ; Theravada ; Traditional religions
Is Part Of: Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore), 2005-10, Vol.36 (3), p.461-487
Description: this article challenges the dominant paradigm of ‘inclusive syncretism’ in the study of thai religion. by taking the worship of multi-original deities in the popular spirit-medium cults in contemporary thailand as a case study, it argues that practitioners and specialists working on thai religious studies need to refresh and update their analytical paradigm to incorporate the concept of ‘hybridization’.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0022-4634
EISSN: 1474-0680
DOI: 10.1017/S0022463405000251
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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