By Michel Picard,Rémy Madinier
Indonesia is a notable case examine for spiritual politics. whereas no longer being a theocratic state, it's not secular both, with the Indonesian nation formally defining what constitutes faith, and each citizen wanting to be affiliated to 1 of them. This booklet specializes in Java and Bali, and the attention-grabbing comparability of 2 neighbouring societies formed through assorted religions - Islam and Hinduism.
The ebook examines the appropriation via the peoples of Java and Bali of the assumption of faith, via a dialogic strategy of indigenization of universalist religions and universalization of indigenous religions. It seems to be on the stress that exists among proponents of neighborhood world-views and indigenous trust platforms, and people who deny these neighborhood traditions as qualifying as a faith. This rigidity performs a number one half within the building of an Indonesian spiritual identification well-known through the nation. The book is of curiosity to scholars and students of Southeast Asia, spiritual experiences and the anthropology and sociology of religion.
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