The religion of Java

Clifford Geertz
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1976, c1960.
ISBN: 0226285103   ISBN13: 9780226285108   DDC: 299.9   Edition: (pbk.)

Notes:

Forms part of the material issued in 1958 under title: Modjukuto,
religion in Java.

Includes index.

1. The Slametan communal feast as a core ritual -- 2. Spirit beliefs
-- 3. The Slametan cycles -- 4. The Slametan cycles: birth -- 5. The
Slametan cycles: circumcision and marriage -- 6. The Slametan cycles:
death -- 7. The Slametan cycles: calendrical, village and
intermittent Slametans -- 8. Curing, sorcery and magic -- 9. Permai:
a modern Abangan cult -- 10. Santri versus Abangan -- 11. The
development of Islam in Modjokuto -- 12. Conservative versus modern:
the ideological background -- 13. Patterns of internal organization
of the Santri community -- 14. The Santri educational system -- 15.
The administration of the Moslem law: Islam and the state in
Modjokuto -- 16. The Santri ritual pattern -- 17. The background and
general dimensions of Prijaji belief and etiquette -- 18. The role of
classical art -- 19. The role of popular art -- 20. Mysticism -- 21.
The mystical sects -- 22. Conflict and integration.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 299.9 -- Other religions

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xv, 392 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.)

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