Religion, Tradition and the Popular : : Transcultural Views from Asia and Europe / / ed. by Evamaria Sandkühler, Judith Schlehe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bräunlein, Peter J.,; Gründer, René,; Heryanto, Ariel,; Höpflinger, Anna-Katharina,; Knoblauch, Hubert,; Reid, Anthony,; Sandkühler, Evamaria,; Schlehe, Judith,; Schnurbein, Stefanie v.,; Shi-Kupfer, Kristin,; Voss, Ehler,
• HerausgeberIn: Sandkühler, Evamaria,; Schlehe, Judith,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)

A rapid development of religious popular cultures and lifestyles can be observed across the globe. This book provides unique case studies from Asia and Europe illustrating new religious practices, forms of articulation and mass mediatization, all of which render religious traditions significant for contemporary issues and concerns. The essays examine experiences of spirituality in combination with commercialization and expressive performative practices as well as everyday politics of identity. Based on innovative theoretical reflections, the essays take into consideration what the transcultural negotiation of religion, tradition and the popular signifies in different places and social contexts.With contributions by Anthony Reid, Hubert Knoblauch, Ariel Heryanto, Stefanie von Schnurbein and others.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Religion, Tradition and the Popular in Asia and Europe -- Part I: Histories and Concepts of Popular(ised) Religions -- The Communicative Construction of Transcendence: a New Approach to Popular Religion -- Religion in Early Modern Southeast Asia: Synthesising Global and Local -- Who Defines “the Popular”? Post-colonial Discourses on National Identity and Popular Christianity in the Philippines -- Part II: Popular(ised) Religions in Asia -- Concepts of (Protestant) Christian Identity in Chinese Microblogs -- The Cinematic Contest of Popular Post-Islam ism -- Popularisation of Religious Traditions in Indonesia – Historical Communication of a Chinese Indonesian Place of Worship -- Translating Traditions and Transcendence: Popularised Religiosity and the Paranormal Practitioners’ Position in Indonesia -- Part III: Popular(ised) Religions in Europe -- A Sprout of Doubt. The Debate on the Medium’s Agency in Mediumism, Media Studies, and Anthropology -- “Tomorrow, Christ on the Cross Will be Selling Socks”. References to Christianity in Contemporary Advertising Campaigns -- Germanic Neo-Paganism – A Nordic Art-Religion? -- Neo-pagan Traditions in the 21st Century: Re-inventing Polytheism in a Polyvalent World-Culture -- List of Contributors