Sacred tensions
Subtitle: modernity and religious transformation in Malaysia
By: Raymond L. M. Lee, Susan E. Ackerman.
Contributors: Ackerman, Susan Ellen, 1949-
Series: Studies in comparative religion; Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Columbia S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Malaysia -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion and the ambiguities of modernity; title: Religion and ethnicity in Malaysia; title: Religio in imperium : Islam and the Malay State; title: In search of Nirvana : reformism and charisma in Buddhist revitalization; title: The lance and the lotus : passion and devotion in the Hindu quest; title: The empowerment of marginality : from rational knowledge to organized ecstasy in Christianity; title: Rebirth of the gods.