Lee, Raymond L. M., 1950-

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.

All age.

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Malaysia--Religion.

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