Pluralism and Identity, : Studies in Ritual Behaviour.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 67
• Author: Platvoet; van der Toorn (Editors)
• TeilnehmendeR: Platvoet, Jan.; Toorn, K. van der.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 67.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 376 pages).
• Notes: "Papers presented at an international conference in Leiden University on 14 and 15 January 1995"--Page 3.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Ritual responses to plurality and pluralism /; Ritual in plural and pluralist societies /; Similarity and demarcation /; Ritual and identity in Aboriginal Australia /; Identity, religious pluralism and ritual in Brazil /; Ritual as communication /; Rituals around the bodhi-tree in Bodhgayâ, India /; The ‘Latrines decree’ in the Yemen versus the dhimma principles /; Rituals of confrontation /; Ritual resistance and self-assertion /; Islamic purity at odds with Javanese identity /; Circumcision in Indonesia /; Language and identity /; Between communalism and secularism /; Pluralism and identity /; Index of authors /; Subject index /; Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004378898
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

The subject of this book is ritual behaviour, in particular of groups with a distinctive religious, ethnic or other identity which use rituals to pursue strategic ends ad intra and ad extra . Five essays offer theoretical perspectives on ritual in plural and pluralist societies, on similarity and demarcation, on the negative case of the Australian Aboriginals, on Brazilian religious pluralism, and on Ghanaian churches in the Netherlands. Three essays describe the ritualization of the encounter, or confrontation, between religions in India (between Buddhists and Hindus, and between Hindus and Muslims), and in Yemen between Muslims and Jews. Four essays study the responses to internal religious plurality, in early Israel, on Java, in Indonesia, and in Spain and North Africa. One essay explores responses to external religious plurality. In the epilogue, the social nature of pluralism and identity is highlighted.