Religion and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia

Abstract This paper uses three case studies—(1) community building by Methodist Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak; (2) the construction of transnational temple networks originating in Chinese temples in Sibu; and (3) hybrid spirit medium processions in Kalimantan—to explore aspects of the role of religion wi...

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Published in:Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Main Author: Dean, Kenneth 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Asia / Chinese people / Diaspora (Social sciences) / Religiosity / Methodism / Taoism / Folk religion / Belief in spirits
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
CB Christian life; spirituality
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Southeast Asia
B Chinese Diaspora
B civilizational techniques
B Capitalism
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Summary:Abstract This paper uses three case studies—(1) community building by Methodist Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak; (2) the construction of transnational temple networks originating in Chinese temples in Sibu; and (3) hybrid spirit medium processions in Kalimantan—to explore aspects of the role of religion within the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. Analytic approaches to Chinese religion proposed by Weber and Mauss are discussed, and an argument is made in favor of following the spread of civilizational techniques into hybrid social and ritual formations.
ISSN:2214-3955
Contains:Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00702005