Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting (Hardcover)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992

0521415551 / 9780521415552

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Hardcover. 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. Dr Stirrat treats the development of these shrines, the discourses used, and the goals of the devotees as commentaries on changing power relations as well as attempts by the faithful to gain access to divine power. This study of religious change and cultural fragmentation in contemporary Sri Lanka focuses on a series of new Catholic shrines that attract hundreds of pilgrims. Their fame is based, among other things, on their efficacy as centres for demonic exorcism, alleviating suffering, and helping people to find jobs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting (Hardcover)
Autore
R.L. Stirrat
Editore
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Anno di pubblicazione
1992
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0521415551
ISBN 13
9780521415552
Edizione
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