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Small sacrifices : religious change and cultural identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia / Anne Schiller

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

Online-Ressource (xii, 178 p) : ill., maps

Englisch

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Death Begins; 3 Journey to the Village of Souls; 4 Order and Anti-Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds; 5 Hindu Kaharingan in the New Order; 6 Religions and Identities; 7 Epilogue: Basir Muka and Religious Reformulations 147; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index

Print version: Small Sacrifices : Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Schiller, Anne, Small Sacrifices: Religious Change and Cultural Identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia] / Ronald A. Lukens-Bull, 1998

0-19-509557-X ; 0-19-509558-8 ; 978-0-19-509558-6

978-0-19-509557-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Online-Ausg.

2009

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

BL2123.N43

299.92     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Indonesia -- Social life and customs ; Ngaju (Indonesian people) -- Religion

Indonesia ; Social life and customs ; Ngaju (Indonesian people) ; Religion ; Electronic books

This ethnographic study shows how the Ngaju Dyaks, rain forest dwellers of Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) are responding to modernity. It depicts how they are attempting to fashion a modern identity for themselves, especially by remodelling their indigenous religion