Religion and Ethnicity in Mongolian Societies

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

von

Kollmar-Paulenz, KaréninaHrsg.Reinhardt, SelineHrsg.Skrynnikova, Tatiana D.Hrsg.

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

184 Seiten

Englisch

Harrassowitz Verlagerschienen am01.06.20141., Aufl.

This volume about religion and ethnicity in Mongolian societies is the outcome of an international seminar organized in Switzerland in 2009. Ten contributions explore the interplay of religion and ethnicity in the Mongolian and Buryat-Mongolian regions, covering four hundred years of Mongolian and Buryat history. Drawing on methods of diverse scholarly disciplines, including religious studies, Tibetan and Mongolian studies, social anthropology and history, the issues addressed include Mongolian identity formations in the light of the Tibeto-Mongolian interface in the 17th century, Buryat religious survival in the colonial setting of 18th and 19th century Russia, the interplay of religion and politics in Buryatia, a case study of the famous Imperishable Body of Khambo Lama Itigelov, an analysis of the religious politics of the Buryat Traditional Sangha in today s Republic of Buryatia, the role of Shamanism in the identity practices of Modern Buryatia, as well as the revival of traditional religions like Buddhism and Shamanism in Mongolia and the emergence of new religions, especially Christianity. Furthermore, two contributions provide in-depth analyses of the dominant theoretical approaches that inform Russian and Anglophone scholarship dealing with these questions.mehr

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KlappentextThis volume about religion and ethnicity in Mongolian societies is the outcome of an international seminar organized in Switzerland in 2009. Ten contributions explore the interplay of religion and ethnicity in the Mongolian and Buryat-Mongolian regions, covering four hundred years of Mongolian and Buryat history. Drawing on methods of diverse scholarly disciplines, including religious studies, Tibetan and Mongolian studies, social anthropology and history, the issues addressed include Mongolian identity formations in the light of the Tibeto-Mongolian interface in the 17th century, Buryat religious survival in the colonial setting of 18th and 19th century Russia, the interplay of religion and politics in Buryatia, a case study of the famous Imperishable Body of Khambo Lama Itigelov, an analysis of the religious politics of the Buryat Traditional Sangha in today s Republic of Buryatia, the role of Shamanism in the identity practices of Modern Buryatia, as well as the revival of traditional religions like Buddhism and Shamanism in Mongolia and the emergence of new religions, especially Christianity. Furthermore, two contributions provide in-depth analyses of the dominant theoretical approaches that inform Russian and Anglophone scholarship dealing with these questions.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-447-10180-6

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Harrassowitz Verlag

ErscheinungslandDeutschland

Erscheinungsjahr2014

Erscheinungsdatum01.06.2014

Auflage1., Aufl.

ReiheStudies in Oriental Religions

Reihen-Nr.69