Showing papers in "Religion in 2023"

TL;DR: The Gion festival of Kyoto has a relatively well-documented history of more than a millennium as mentioned in this paper , and historical sources use historical sources to investigate the dynamic between patronage, piety, and play diachronically, from a longue durée perspective.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compare the whale festivals of Taiji (Wakayama), Kayoi (Yamaguchi), Shinkami-gotō (Nagasaki), and Ayukawa (Miyagi) and argue that these festivals not only have economic and social significance for the communities in question; they also support the notion of Japan as a traditional whaling nation.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors argue that in a strategic implementation of competitive Hindutva (Hindutva), the concept of utsab instead of puja is employed by the political leadership to appease the Hindu majority while ostensibly signalling towards Hindu-Muslim harmony and inclusivity.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors argue that the interplay of patronage, play, and piety provides a productive framework for the study of Asian festivals and propose a conceptual framework that can be usefully employed to study festivals in and outside of this large and heterogeneous region.

TL;DR: In this paper , historical sources were used to investigate the dynamic between patronage, piety, and play in the Gion festival of Kyoto from a longue durée perspective, from a historical perspective.

TL;DR: In this paper , the opening of the Musim Lefa Ocean Hunt season on the island of Lembata in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia is examined as an adaptive constellation of piety, performance, patronage and protection through time.

TL;DR: In this article , the development of one mountain festival in Amdo, Qinghai, focusing on the decades from its revival until today is analyzed, and striking transformations in the festival's structures of patronage, piety, and play have transformed its human network, its format, and its significance.

TL;DR: In 2019, the Varadarāja temple in Kanchipuram celebrated a rare and long-awaited festival, called Āti atti Varatar Vaipavam, which takes place only once in 40 years as mentioned in this paper .

TL;DR: In this paper , a qualitative study of non-believing older adults in England, reflecting on their practices of child-rearing and socialisation in the second half of the twentieth century, a period identified as crucial to secularisation processes in the UK and elsewhere.

TL;DR: In this paper , a qualitative study of non-believing older adults in England, reflecting on their practices of child-rearing and socialisation in the second half of the twentieth century, a period identified as crucial to secularisation processes in the UK and elsewhere.

TL;DR: This paper argued that the need for decentralisation and fair distribution of resources between the metropolis and the rest of the state is expressed through festival rivalries, and demonstrated the place of popular culture and aspirations towards a global urban lifestyle in the spaces of libidinal pleasures and pageantry in the festival.

TL;DR: Horii, Mitsutoshi, and Isomae as discussed by the authors discuss the problems of religion and state formation in Meiji Japan and propose a solution to the problem of partial perspective.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors develop conceptual tools for analyzing the blurring of boundaries produced by religious semantics, discourses and practices interacting with implicit and explicit border-constructions linked to practices of "urbanity".

TL;DR: The authors examines the recent growth of secular mindfulness teaching by Buddhist groups in Britain, drawing on new qualitative research with British Buddhist groups and teachers, and argues that "secular meditation" approaches have been variously adopted by Buddhism groups to appeal to a wider range of people, bringing in much-needed revenue for financial sustainability as well as carving out greater cultural relevance.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors present a case study that investigates the role of materiality in individual religious change, as well as highlighting the dematerialized underpinnings of modern Western conceptualizations of conversion.

TL;DR: In this article , the conceptual tools for analyzing the blurring of boundaries produced by religious semantics, discourses and practices interacting with implicit and explicit border-constructions linked to practices of "urbanity" are developed.

TL;DR: In 2019, the Varadarāja temple in Kanchipuram celebrated a rare and long-awaited festival, called Āti atti Varatar Vaipavam, which takes place only once in 40 years as discussed by the authors .