Power & Religiosity, Post Colonial: Sinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lanka - Couverture souple

Stirrat, R. L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521026504 ISBN 13 : 9780521026505

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Dr Stirrat, who has worked in Sri Lanka over a long period, is interested both in how people behave at the shrines and in the historical and social contexts in which the shrines have appeared.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Over the past few decades a series of Catholic shrines have sprung up in Sri Lanka which draw hundreds of pilgrims. Although best known as centres for the exorcism of the demonically possessed, their miraculous efficacy also extends to helping people find jobs and preferment, and to alleviating suffering. Dr Stirrat, who has worked in Sri Lanka over a long period, is interested both in how people behave at the shrines, and in the historical and social contexts in which the shrines have appeared. He argues that an understanding of their religious importance is intricately connected with power, religious and political. This view challenges the conventional distinction between 'religion' and 'politics', and accordingly, religious suffering is seen as a complex metaphor linking together various social domains and a means through which conflicts over power and authority can be expressed.

Revue de presse

'This monograph should serve as a reference point for future studies of Christianity in non-Western settings.' Anthropos

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521026504
• ISBN 13: 9780521026505
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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