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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn -- Ritual responses to plurality and pluralism / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn -- Ritual in plural and pluralist societies / Jan Platvoet -- Similarity and demarcation / Jan Snoek -- Ritual and identity in Aboriginal Australia / Wouter Belier -- Identity, religious pluralism and ritual in Brazil / André Droogers -- Ritual as communication / Gerrie ter Haar -- Rituals around the bodhi-tree in Bodhgayâ, India / Albertina Nugteren -- The ‘Latrines decree’ in the Yemen versus the dhimma principles / Joseph Sadan -- Rituals of confrontation / Jan Platvoet -- Ritual resistance and self-assertion / Karel van der Toorn -- Islamic purity at odds with Javanese identity / Herman Beck -- Circumcision in Indonesia / Nico Kaptein -- Language and identity / Gerard Wiegers -- Between communalism and secularism / Sjoerd van Koningsveld -- Pluralism and identity / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn -- Index of authors / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn -- Subject index / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Jan Platvoet and Karel van der Toorn.