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Mountain at a center of the world : pilgrimage and pluralism in Sri Lanka / Alexander McKinley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKinley, Alexander, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Sri Lanka--Adam's Peak.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Religious pluralism--Sri Lanka.
- Religious pluralism.
- Adam's Peak (Sri Lanka)--History.
- Adam's Peak (Sri Lanka).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Considering the diverse heritage of the pilgrimage site of Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka, Alexander McKinley develops a new account of pluralism based in political ecology, representing the full array of actors and issues on the mountain.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Terminology, and Teaching
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Making the Most of a Mountain
- Part I: A Mountain and Its People
- 1. Rock, Water, and Montane Agency
- 2. The Workaday Mountain
- Part II: A Mountain of Myth
- 3. Adam's Peak and Buddhist Visions of Mecca
- 4. Admitting and Forbidding Siva at the Peak
- Part III: Being Like a Mountain
- 5. Pilgrimage Ethics from Pluralism
- Conclusion: Deep Stakes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780231558501
- 0231558503
- OCLC:
- 1393657273
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