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"Ravanisation": The Revitalisation of Ravana among Sinhalese Buddhists in Post-War Sri Lanka
This book discusses Ravanisation: the revitalisation of Ravana among Sinhalese Buddhists in post-war (after 2009) Sri Lanka. The Hindu Ramayana generally portrays Ravana as a cruel king. How and why, then, has Ravana gained the interest of Sinhalese Buddhists? This study takes an ethnographic perspective to answer these questions. The book discusses multiple Ravana representations that have emerged at an urban Buddhist site (the Sri Devram Maha Viharaya) and a rural site (Lakegala), and discloses how Ravanisation relates to Sinhalese Buddhist ethno-nationalism. In addition, the material, ritual, and spatial perspectives offer unique insights in the personal and local relevance of Ravana.
Religion, Ritual and Ritualistic Objects
This is a volume about the life and power of ritual objects in their religious ritual settings. In this Special Issue, we see a wide range of contributions on material culture and ritual practices across religions. By focusing on the dynamic interrelations between objects, ritual, and belief, it explores how religion happens through symbolic materiality. The ritual objects presented in this volume include: masks worn in the Dogon dance; antique ecclesiastical silver objects carried around in festive processions and shown in shrines in the southern Andes; funerary photographs and films functioning as mnemonic objects for grieving children; a dented rock surface perceived to be the god’s foo...
Ravana's Kingdom
Ravana, the demon-king antagonist from the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic poem, has become an unlikely cultural hero among Sinhala Buddhists over the past decade. In Ravana's Kingdom, Justin W. Henry delves into the historical literary reception of the epic in Sri Lanka, charting the adaptions of its themes and characters from the 14th century onwards, as many Sri Lankan Hindus and Buddhists developed a sympathetic impression of Ravana's character, and through the contemporary Ravana revival, which has resulted in the development of an alternative mythological history, depicting Ravana as king of the Sri Lanka's indigenous inhabitants, a formative figure of civilizational antiquity, and th...
Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds
In Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes the agency of materiality—the ability of materials to have an effect on both humans and deities—beyond human intentions. Using materials from three regions where Flueckiger conducted extensive fieldwork, she begins with Indian understandings of the agency of ornaments that have the desired effects of protecting women and making them more auspicious. Subsequent chapters bring in examples of materiality that are agentive beyond human intentions, from a south Indian goddess tradition where female guising transforms the aggressive masculinity of men who wear saris, braids, and breasts to the presence of cement im...
The Hamburg Rules
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Buddhismus in Europa
In Europa gibt seit dem 19. Jahrhundert eine erkennbare Bewegung hin zum Buddhismus. Nachdem die ersten Kreise sich vor allem mit Texten auseinandergesetzt hatten, folgte die Bewegung des Meditationsbuddhismus und in der Folge der Tibetische Buddhismus, Christen entdeckten den Zen. Mit der Achtsamkeitsbewegung erreichte der Buddhismus schließlich den Mainstream; ein Wandel in der gesellschaftlichen Religionswahrnehmung sowie wichtige Persönlichkeiten wie Thich Nhat Hanh oder der Dalai Lama prägen das Bild. Dieser Band bietet ein Bild der Facetten des gegenw"artigen Europäischen Buddhismus. Mit Beiträgen von Ursula Baatz, Martin Baumann, Bernadette Baumgartner, Ajahn Cattamalo Bhikkhu, Jamie Cresswell, Francisco Diez de Velasco, Tina Draszczyk, Rose Drew, Ron Eichhorn, Erika Erber, Karin Ertl, Christian Hackbarth-Johnson, P. Cosmas Hofmann, Dhivan Jones, Rebekka Khaliefi, Kurt Krammer, Manuel A. Kuhn, Karmen Mihalinec, Sarah Pieslinger, Alexander Poraj, Martin Rötting, Carola Roloff, Bee Scherer, Perry Schmidt-Leukel, Hubertus Schrottenberg, Michael Seitlinger, Christof Spitz, Martina Anissa Strommer und Hubert Weitensfelder.
De tijdspiegel
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Conservation for a New Era
Conservation for a New Era outlines the critical issues facing us in the 21st century, developed from the results of the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008. The landmark publication takes on the pressing issues of today and highlights the solutions to be found through investing in nature. The book is essential reading for governments, businesses and decision makers. It provides a snapshot of the current situation, split into 21 easy-to-read sections, as well as a roadmap for the future.
