RT Book
T1 Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South
T2 Muslims in Global Societies Series
T2 SpringerLink Bücher
A1 Joll, Christopher M.
LA English
PP Dordrecht
PB Springer Science+Business Media B. V
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1651096023
AB This volume provides an ethnographic description of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Thailand's Malay far-south. This study is situated in Cabetigo, one of Pattani's oldest and most important Malay communities that has been subjected to a range of Thai and Islamic influences over the last hundred years. The volume describes religious rhetoric related to merit-making being conducted in both Thai and Malay, that the spiritual currency of merit is generated through the performance of locally occurring Malay adat, and globally normative amal 'ibadat. Concerning the rationale
AB This volume provides an ethnographic description of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Thailand's Malay far-south. This study is situated in Cabetigo, one of Pattani's oldest and most important Malay communities that has been subjected to a range of Thai and Islamic influences over the last hundred years. The volume describes religious rhetoric related to merit-making being conducted in both Thai and Malay, that the spiritual currency of merit is generated through the performance of locally occurring Malay adat, and globally normative amal 'ibadat. Concerning the rationale
NO Description based upon print version of record
CN BL1-2790.I6
SN 9789400724853
K1 Anthropological linguistics
K1 Regional planning
K1 Religion (General)
K1 Anthropology
K1 Humanities / Arts / Design
DO 10.1007/978-94-007-2485-3