This is a ground-breaking volume on the role of religion as a major force of cohesion across the Indian Ocean region. A diverse range of experts present a case for conceptualizing religion as an enabler of not only shared religious identities throughout the Indian Ocean world, but multiple shared identities mediated through religion, particularly as religion intersects with other manifestations of human society in this part of the world. This theme is explored through six major religious traditions, many of which originated in the Indian Ocean region, and all of which have played major roles…mehr
This is a ground-breaking volume on the role of religion as a major force of cohesion across the Indian Ocean region. A diverse range of experts present a case for conceptualizing religion as an enabler of not only shared religious identities throughout the Indian Ocean world, but multiple shared identities mediated through religion, particularly as religion intersects with other manifestations of human society in this part of the world. This theme is explored through six major religious traditions, many of which originated in the Indian Ocean region, and all of which have played major roles throughout its history and to the present day. These traditions include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. With this breadth and coverage of these traditions and their role in unifying communities from East Africa to Western Australia (including those belonging to nations north of that expanse of ocean), this book is a pioneering work on the multi-religious identities of the region.
Mark Fielding is Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, Australia and Director of the Indian Ocean Research Centre. Joshua Esler is a researcher and Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education and Director of the Indian Ocean Research Centre. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia.
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List of Figures List of Tables Introduction: Songlines from Across the Seas: Religious Communities and Emergent Identities in the Indian Ocean World Mark Fielding and Joshua Esler Part I: Jewish Diaspora and the Homeland 1. Fighting off in the Distance: Dispute Resolution among the Jews of the Twelfth Century India Trade Phillip I. Lieberman 2. Exploring the Presence and Culture of Ethiopian Jews Lovenein Kaur and Jenny Skerritt 3. Keeping the Faith - The Jews of India Angelica Jacob and Joshua Esler Part II: Christian Missionaries, Settlers and Migrants 4. To Convert and Civilize? An Italian Missionary Learns Painful Lessons in Early Western Australia John J. Kinder 5. "Warriors of Christ:" The Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean Region from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries Augusto Zimmermann 6. What Makes For "A Civilized Life?" Leisure, Liberal Values and Australian Aboriginal Approaches to Work and Technology Matthew C. Ogilvie 7. The Gospel from the Indian Ocean: A Brief History of Tibetan Christianity Namloyak Dhungser 8. The Depok Estate, the Depokkers and Christianity 1697-1950 Nonja Peters 9. Migration and Churches: Exploring the Role of Chinese Churches in Migrants' Adaptation Process in Perth, Australia Him Chung, Leei Wong, and Peter Ho Part III: Islam: Historic and Contemporary Fragmentation and Cohesion 10. The Mosques of the Maldives and Buddhist Indian Ocean Worlds Stéphane Pradines and Anita Nadeem 11. The State and the Swahili Peoples of the Contemporary East African Coast Gregory Cameron Part IV Hinduism in an Island Paradise 12. The Cross-border Interplay of Religion, Trade and Tourism: The Case of Hindu Bali and Australian Visitors Jonathan D. James and Daniel Trihandarkha Part V: Jainism: Monsoon Traders and the Diaspora 13. The Currents of Culture - Jains and Jainism in the Indian Ocean Tine Vekemans and Yifan Zhang Part VI: Buddhism in Transition: Migration, Transnationalism and the Buddhist Imaginary 14. When Was Buddhism First Established in Australia?: Methodological Issues from a Hazy Past John Powers 15. 'Landlocked Tibet' and the Indian Ocean: Exploring the Tibetan Imaginary of the Maritime Through the Biography of Atisa, the Jataka Stories and Religious Art Joshua Esler 16. Materializing Tibetan Buddhism in the West: The Co-emergence of Tradition and Conversion Kathleen Gregory 17. Remoulding Religion: How Vietnamese Buddhism Navigated Change, Withstood War and Migrated Abroad Alexander Baky Tran About the Contributors
List of Figures List of Tables Introduction: Songlines from Across the Seas: Religious Communities and Emergent Identities in the Indian Ocean World Mark Fielding and Joshua Esler Part I: Jewish Diaspora and the Homeland 1. Fighting off in the Distance: Dispute Resolution among the Jews of the Twelfth Century India Trade Phillip I. Lieberman 2. Exploring the Presence and Culture of Ethiopian Jews Lovenein Kaur and Jenny Skerritt 3. Keeping the Faith - The Jews of India Angelica Jacob and Joshua Esler Part II: Christian Missionaries, Settlers and Migrants 4. To Convert and Civilize? An Italian Missionary Learns Painful Lessons in Early Western Australia John J. Kinder 5. "Warriors of Christ:" The Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean Region from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries Augusto Zimmermann 6. What Makes For "A Civilized Life?" Leisure, Liberal Values and Australian Aboriginal Approaches to Work and Technology Matthew C. Ogilvie 7. The Gospel from the Indian Ocean: A Brief History of Tibetan Christianity Namloyak Dhungser 8. The Depok Estate, the Depokkers and Christianity 1697-1950 Nonja Peters 9. Migration and Churches: Exploring the Role of Chinese Churches in Migrants' Adaptation Process in Perth, Australia Him Chung, Leei Wong, and Peter Ho Part III: Islam: Historic and Contemporary Fragmentation and Cohesion 10. The Mosques of the Maldives and Buddhist Indian Ocean Worlds Stéphane Pradines and Anita Nadeem 11. The State and the Swahili Peoples of the Contemporary East African Coast Gregory Cameron Part IV Hinduism in an Island Paradise 12. The Cross-border Interplay of Religion, Trade and Tourism: The Case of Hindu Bali and Australian Visitors Jonathan D. James and Daniel Trihandarkha Part V: Jainism: Monsoon Traders and the Diaspora 13. The Currents of Culture - Jains and Jainism in the Indian Ocean Tine Vekemans and Yifan Zhang Part VI: Buddhism in Transition: Migration, Transnationalism and the Buddhist Imaginary 14. When Was Buddhism First Established in Australia?: Methodological Issues from a Hazy Past John Powers 15. 'Landlocked Tibet' and the Indian Ocean: Exploring the Tibetan Imaginary of the Maritime Through the Biography of Atisa, the Jataka Stories and Religious Art Joshua Esler 16. Materializing Tibetan Buddhism in the West: The Co-emergence of Tradition and Conversion Kathleen Gregory 17. Remoulding Religion: How Vietnamese Buddhism Navigated Change, Withstood War and Migrated Abroad Alexander Baky Tran About the Contributors
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