book "The Religion of Java"

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"The Religion of Java" is a landmark anthropological study by Clifford Geertz that analyzes the complex interplay of Islamic, Hindu-Buddhist, and animist traditions in Javanese society.

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instanceOf anthropological study ⓘ
book ⓘ
academicDiscipline cultural anthropology ⓘ
sociology of religion ⓘ
academicField Indonesian studies ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
analyzes interplay of Islamic, Hindu-Buddhist, and animist traditions ⓘ
author Clifford Geertz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn Hindu-Buddhist traditions in Java ⓘ
Islam in Java ⓘ
linked to: Javanese Islam

animist traditions in Java ⓘ
social structure in Java ⓘ
syncretism in Javanese religion ⓘ
genre anthropology ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
hasAuthor Clifford Geertz ⓘ
hasForm print ⓘ
hasImpactOn conceptualization of Javanese Islam as syncretic ⓘ
debates on modernization and religion in Indonesia ⓘ
influenced anthropology of Southeast Asia ⓘ
study of Indonesian Islam ⓘ
theory of religious pluralism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Javanese society ⓘ
linked to: Javanese people

anthropology of religion ⓘ
religion in Java ⓘ
notableFor analysis of abangan, santri, and priyayi categories ⓘ
detailed ethnographic description of Javanese religion ⓘ
partOf Geertz’s studies of Indonesian cultures ⓘ
proposesConcept abangan ⓘ
priyayi ⓘ
santri ⓘ
publicationYear 1960 ⓘ
publisher Free Press ⓘ
relatedWork Agricultural Involution ⓘ
Peddlers and Princes ⓘ
setIn Indonesia ⓘ
Java ⓘ
targetAudience scholars ⓘ
students of anthropology ⓘ
students of religious studies ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed mid-20th century Java ⓘ

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