Conceptual dilemmas from a fieldwork in Indonesia: ‘religious’ ‘unity in diversity’ at the Lingsar Temple festival
The Lingsar Temple and its festival belong to Lombok’s Muslims and Hindus. The relations between these two religious groups are often characterised in line with the idealised pluralism of Indonesia’s national ‘unity in diversity’ motto. In this context, I studied the array of emic perspectives. In t...
| Published in: | Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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| In: |
Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pura Lingsar
/ Religious festival
/ Muslim
/ Hindus
/ Religious pluralism
/ Religious policy
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Emic
B Pluralism B colonial heritage B Religion B Indonesia |
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| Summary: | The Lingsar Temple and its festival belong to Lombok’s Muslims and Hindus. The relations between these two religious groups are often characterised in line with the idealised pluralism of Indonesia’s national ‘unity in diversity’ motto. In this context, I studied the array of emic perspectives. In this article, I discuss problems with conceptual vocabulary. The vocabulary that aspires to be emic is relational and multi-layered. It is entangled with indigenous, colonial, academic, national, religious, and touristic discourses. |
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| ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2021.2011083 |