Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting
Subtitle: Sinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lanka (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780521026505
Subjects: Anthropology; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christianity - Catholicism; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Sri Lanka; Anthropology - General; Asia - General; Christianity - Catholic; Catholic Church--Sri Lanka--History--1965-; Catholic Church--Sri Lanka--History--1965- Ca; History-Asia - General; Religion-Christianity - Catholicism; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / General
First sentence: On the first Friday of each month, Rita leaves her home in Pallansena, a suburb about fifteen miles north of Colombo, and travels for more than three hours in a crowded bus to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in a village called Kudagama.