The Religion of JavaWritten with a rare combination of analysis and speculation, this comprehensive study of Javanese religion is one of the few books on the religion of a non-Western people which emphasizes variation and conflict in belief as well as similarity and harmony. The reader becomes aware of the intricacy and depth of Javanese spiritual life and the problems of political and social integration reflected in the religion. The Religion of Java will interest specialists in Southeast Asia, anthropologists and sociologists concerned with the social analysis of religious belief and ideology, students of comparative religion, and civil servants dealing with governmental policy toward Indonesia and Southeast Asia. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Slametan Communal Feast as a Core Ritual | 11 |
The Slametan Cycles | 30 |
Birth | 38 |
Circumcision and Marriage | 51 |
Curing Sorcery and Magic | 86 |
A Modern Abangan Cult | 112 |
The Santri Variant | 119 |
Islam and | 199 |
The Santri Ritual Pattern | 215 |
ThePrijaji Variant | 225 |
The Role of Classical Art | 261 |
The Role of Popular Art | 289 |
Mysticism | 309 |
The Mystical Sects | 339 |
Conflict and Integration | 355 |
The Development of Islam in Modjokuto | 131 |
The Ideological Back | 148 |
Patterns of Internal Organization of the Santri Com | 162 |
The Santri Educational System | 177 |
A Note on Methods of Work | 383 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Religion of Java Anthropology : comparative religions Page 658 of Phoenix books |
| Author | Clifford Geertz |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1976 |
| ISBN | 0226285103, 9780226285108 |
| Length | 392 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Eastern Religion / General |
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