Fabian Graham

Voices from the Underworld

Chinese Hell deity worship in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia

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Produktbeschreibung

Embracing an ontological approach to religious phenomena, this study traces the origins and development of Chinese Hell deity worship now prevalent in Singapore and Malaysia. Written for academics and the interested public, it challenges a priori assumptions vis-à-vis the diversity of present-day Chinese religious beliefs and ritual practices.

Produktdetails

• Alternative Sinology
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 829g
• ISBN-13: 9781526140579
• ISBN-10: 1526140578
• Artikelnr.: 57479903

Autorenporträt

Fabian Graham is a Research Fellow in the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Setting the scene 1 The modern Underworld tradition 2
Analysis: a baseline of comparison 3 The historical development of
Underworld cosmology Part II: The Underworld tradition in Singapore 4 Yu
Feng Nan Fu Xuanshan Miao: setting a baseline of comparison 5 A new
Underworld God of Wealth, and, foetus assistance rituals in Singapore 6
Lunar Seventh Month: the centrality of graveyards in the Underworld
tradition Part III: The Underworld tradition in Malaysia 7 Malaysia and the
party spirit: guanxi and the creation of 'intentional' communities 8
Seventh Month rituals in southern Malaysia: salvation rituals and 'Ah Pek'
parties 9 Seventh Month rituals in central Malaysia: coffin rituals and the
releasing of exorcised spirits Part IV: Tracing the origins of the modern
Underworld tradition 10 Anxi Chenghuangmiao and cultural flows of local
mythology 11 Penang: the earliest recollections of Tua Di Ya Pek embodied
12 Conclusions and analysis Index