Sacred tensions modernity and religious transformation in Malaysia / [[Book] :]
Raymond L. M. Lee, Susan E. Ackerman.
- Columbia S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1997.
- 172 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Studies in comparative religion .
- Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.
Religion and the ambiguities of modernity -- Religion and ethnicity in Malaysia -- Religio in imperium : Islam and the Malay State -- In search of Nirvana : reformism and charisma in Buddhist revitalization -- The lance and the lotus : passion and devotion in the Hindu quest -- The empowerment of marginality : from rational knowledge to organized ecstasy in Christianity -- Rebirth of the gods.