Mountain at a center of the world : pilgrimage and pluralism in Sri Lanka
At the pilgrimage site of Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop a mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha; Hindus say Lord Siva; Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan state often uses the Peak as a prop to convey a ha...
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| Formato: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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New York (N.Y.) :
Columbia University Press
2024.
Paris : Cyberlibris |
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Mountain at a center of the world, pilgrimage and pluralism in Sri Lanka, Alexander McKinley, 2024, New York (N.Y.), Columbia University Press, 1 volume (XII-331 pages), 978-0-2312-1060-7 |
| Résumé: | At the pilgrimage site of Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, a footprint is embedded atop a mountain summit. Buddhists hold that it was left by the Buddha; Hindus say Lord Siva; Muslims and Christians identify it with Adam, the first man. The Sri Lankan state often uses the Peak as a prop to convey a harmonious image of religious pluralism, despite increasing Buddhist hegemony. Considering the varied heritage of this sacred site, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain |
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| descrición da copia: | Couverture. https://static2.cyberlibris.com/books_upload/136pix/mcki21264_front.jpg Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Sciences religieuses |
| Bibliografía: | Bibliographie pages [301]-325. Index |
| ISBN: | 9780231558501 |
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