Religion and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia
Abstract This paper uses three case studies—(1) community building by Methodist Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak; (2) the construction of transnational temple networks originating in Chinese temples in Sibu; and (3) hybrid spirit medium processions in Kalimantan—to explore aspects of the role of religion wi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 220-249 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Chinese people
/ Diaspora (Social sciences)
/ Religiosity
/ Methodism (motif)
/ Taoism
/ Folk religion
/ Belief in spirits
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism CB Christian life; spirituality KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Southeast Asia
B Chinese Diaspora B civilizational techniques B Capitalism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Abstract This paper uses three case studies—(1) community building by Methodist Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak; (2) the construction of transnational temple networks originating in Chinese temples in Sibu; and (3) hybrid spirit medium processions in Kalimantan—to explore aspects of the role of religion within the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. Analytic approaches to Chinese religion proposed by Weber and Mauss are discussed, and an argument is made in favor of following the spread of civilizational techniques into hybrid social and ritual formations. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00702005 |