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Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China (Paperback): Kenneth Dean Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China (Paperback)
Kenneth Dean
R1,494 Discovery Miles 14 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults.

Originally published in 1995.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Asian Migrants and Religious Experience - From Missionary Journeys to Labor Mobility (Hardcover, 0): Bernard O Brown, Brenda... Asian Migrants and Religious Experience - From Missionary Journeys to Labor Mobility (Hardcover, 0)
Bernard O Brown, Brenda Yeoh; Contributions by Bubbles Beverly Asor, Arkotong Longkumer, Janet Hoskins, …
R3,864 Discovery Miles 38 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Typically, scholars approach migrants' religions as a safeguard of cultural identity, something that connects migrants to their communities of origin. This ethnographic anthology challenges that position by reframing the religious experiences of migrants as a transformative force capable of refashioning narratives of displacement into journeys of spiritual awakening and missionary calling. These essays explore migrants' motivations in support of an argument that to travel inspires a search for new meaning in religion.

The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019): Kenneth Dean, Peter... The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019)
Kenneth Dean, Peter Van Der Veer
R2,703 Discovery Miles 27 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This innovative edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of modern secularism across Asia which contests and expands prevailing accounts that have predominantly focused on the West. Its authors highlight that terms like 'secular', 'secularization', and 'secularism' do not carry the same meanings in the very different historical and cultural contexts of Asia. Critiquing Charles Taylor's account of secularism, this book examines what travelled and what not in 'the imperial encounter' between Western secular modernity and other traditions outside of the West. Throughout the book, state responses to religion at different points in Chinese and South-East Asian history are carefully considered, providing a nuanced and in-depth understanding of post-secular strategies and relations in these areas. Particular attention is given to Catholicism in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore, and Hinduism and Chinese religion in Malaysia, Singapore, and India. This theoretically engaged work will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, anthropology, religious studies, history, sociology, and political science.

The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Kenneth Dean, Peter Van Der Veer The Secular in South, East, and Southeast Asia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Kenneth Dean, Peter Van Der Veer
R3,493 Discovery Miles 34 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This innovative edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of modern secularism across Asia which contests and expands prevailing accounts that have predominantly focused on the West. Its authors highlight that terms like 'secular', 'secularization', and 'secularism' do not carry the same meanings in the very different historical and cultural contexts of Asia. Critiquing Charles Taylor's account of secularism, this book examines what travelled and what not in 'the imperial encounter' between Western secular modernity and other traditions outside of the West. Throughout the book, state responses to religion at different points in Chinese and South-East Asian history are carefully considered, providing a nuanced and in-depth understanding of post-secular strategies and relations in these areas. Particular attention is given to Catholicism in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore, and Hinduism and Chinese religion in Malaysia, Singapore, and India. This theoretically engaged work will appeal to students and scholars of Asian studies, anthropology, religious studies, history, sociology, and political science.

Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China (Hardcover): Kenneth Dean Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China (Hardcover)
Kenneth Dean
R3,546 Discovery Miles 35 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most commentators imagine contemporary China to be monolithic, atheistic, and materialist, and wholly divorced from its earlier customs, but Kenneth Dean combines evidence from historical texts and extensive fieldwork to reveal an entirely different picture. Since 1979, when the Chinese government relaxed some of its most stringent controls on religion, villagers in the isolated areas of Southeast China have maintained an "underground" effort to restore traditional rituals and local cults. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Comparative Biochemical Studies of Pyrimidine Mutants of Neurospora Crassa (Paperback): Kenneth Dean Munkres Comparative Biochemical Studies of Pyrimidine Mutants of Neurospora Crassa (Paperback)
Kenneth Dean Munkres
R491 Discovery Miles 4 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Daoism in the Twentieth Century (Paperback): David A Palmer, Xun Liu Daoism in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
David A Palmer, Xun Liu; Contributions by Kenneth Dean, Fan Guangchun, Adeline Herrou, …
R1,396 R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Save R247 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions both within China and on the global stage. Essays investigate ritual specialists, body cultivation and meditation traditions, monasticism, new religious movements, state-sponsored institutionalization, and transnational networks.

Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore, 1819-1911 (Hardcover): Kenneth Dean, Hue Guan Thye Chinese Epigraphy in Singapore, 1819-1911 (Hardcover)
Kenneth Dean, Hue Guan Thye
R5,328 R5,013 Discovery Miles 50 130 Save R315 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The history of Singapore's Chinese community is carved in stone and wood: in the epigraphic record of 62 Chinese temples, native-place associations, clan and guild halls, from 1819 to 1911. These materials include temple plaques, couplets, stone inscriptions, stone and bronze censers, and other inscribed objects found in these institutions. They provide first-hand historical information on the aspirations and contributions of the early generation of Chinese settlers in Singapore. Early inscriptions reveal the centrality of these institutions to Chinese life in Singapore, while later inscriptions show the many ways that these institutions have evolved over the years. Many have become deeply engaged in social welfare projects, while others have also become centers of transnational networks. These materials, available in Chinese and in English translation, open a window into the world of Chinese communities in Singapore. These cultural artifacts can also be appreciated for their exceptional artistic value. They are a central part of the heritage of Singapore.

Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia - Comparative Perspectives (Hardcover): R.Michael Feener, Anne M. Blackburn Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia - Comparative Perspectives (Hardcover)
R.Michael Feener, Anne M. Blackburn; Contributions by Ismail Fajrie Alatas, Kenneth Dean, Nancy K Florida, …
R2,316 Discovery Miles 23 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the last few decades historians and other scholars have succeeded in identifying diverse patterns of connection linking religious communities across Asia and beyond. Yet despite the fruits of this specialist research, scholars in the subfields of Islamic and Buddhist studies have rarely engaged with each other to share investigative approaches and methods of interpretation. This volume was conceived to open up new spaces of creative interaction between scholars in both fields that will increase our understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, ritual practices, and literary specialists. The book's approach is to scrutinize one major dimension of the history of religion in Southern Asia: religious orders. "Orders" (here referring to Sufi ?ariqas and Buddhist monastic and other ritual lineages) established means by which far-flung local communities could come to be recognized and engaged as part of a broader world of co-religionists, while presenting their particular religious traditions and their human representatives as attractive and authoritative to potential new communities of devotees. Contributors to the volume direct their attention toward analogous developments mutually illuminating for both fields of study. Some explain how certain orders took shape in Southern Asia over the course of the nineteenth century, contextualizing these institutional developments in relation to local and transregional political formations, shifting literary and ritual preferences, and trade connections. Others show how the circulation of people, ideas, texts, objects, and practices across Southern Asia, a region in which both Buddhism and Islam have a long and substantial presence, brought diverse currents of internal reform and notions of ritual and lineage purity to the region. All chapters draw readers' attention to the fact that networked persons were not always strongly institutionalized and often moved through Southern Asia and developed local bases without the oversight of complex corporate organizations. Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia brings cutting-edge research to bear on conversations about how "orders" have functioned within these two traditions to expand and sustain transregional religious networks. It will help to develop a better understanding of the complex roles played by religious networks in the history of Southern Asia.

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