Nathan McGovern

Holy Things (eBook, ePUB)

The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A common religious practice in Buddhist Thailand is asking "holy things" for help in return for an offering. These holy things include local spirits, Hindu gods, and famous Buddha images, which Thai people worship all in the same way. Some people, and even Thai Buddhists themselves, have argued that this is "syncretism"--a mixture of religions. Holy Things shows that what appears to be syncretism is actually an illusion. The worship of "holy things" is not a mixture of different religions, but the category of "holy things" is a mixture of different ways of talking about religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197759905
• Artikelnr.: 72251071

Autorenporträt

Nathan McGovern is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is the author of The Snake and the Mongoose (2019), a study of the emergence of religious identities in ancient India. He has also published numerous articles on the intersection between Buddhism and Hinduism in ancient India and in Thailand.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Buddhism as Implicit Theology
Chapter 3: Situating Siam in History
Chapter 4: The Genealogy of the Sacred
Chapter 5: Spirits
Chapter 6: Gods
Chapter 7: Buddha Images
Chapter 8: Conclusion