Holy Things
The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion
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ISBN-13:
9780197759882
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.07.2024
Seiten:
320
Autor:
Nathan McGovern
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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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