Small sacrifices : religious change and cultural identity among the Ngaju of Indonesia / Anne Schiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schiller, Anne (Anne Louise), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ngaju (Indonesian people)--Religion.

Ngaju (Indonesian people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ethnographic study shows how the Ngaju Dyaks, rain forest dwellers of Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) are responding to modernity. It depicts how they are attempting to fashion a modern identity for themselves, especially by remodelling their indigenous religion.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Death Begins; 3 Journey to the Village of Souls; 4 Order and Anti-Order in Natural and Supernatural Worlds; 5 Hindu Kaharingan in the New Order; 6 Religions and Identities; 7 Epilogue: Basir Muka and Religious Reformulations 147; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-173) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774121-5

0-585-23823-5

1-280-45106-8

0-19-535732-9

OCLC:

476012212