The Camphor Tree and the Elephant Religion and Ecological Change in Maritime Southeast Asia

What is the role of religion in shaping interactions and relations between the human and nonhuman in nature? Why are Muslim and Christian organizations generally not a potent force in Southeast Asian environmental movements? The Camphor Tree and the Elephant brings these questions into the history o...

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Main Author: Zakaria, Faizah
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle University of Washington Press 2023
Edition:1
Series:Culture, Place, and Nature
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ISBN:9780295751191, 0295751193, 9780295751184, 0295751185, 0295751177, 9780295751177
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION ONE: A Time before Religion TWO: Rupture and Resilience in Conversion THREE: Secularizing “Literate Cannibals” through Scripture FOUR: Mountains, Waters, Derangement FIVE: Camphor and Charismatic Retreat SIX: Disenchanting Elephants CONCLUSION GLOSSARY OF MALAY AND BATAK TERMS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Back Matter
  • Cover Series Page, Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction. Spirits of the Anthropocene Structures One. A Time before Religion Two. Rupture and Resilience in Conversion Representations Three. Secularizing Literate Cannibals through Scripture Four. Mountains, Water, Derangement Materialities Five. Camphor and Charismatic Retreat Six. Disenchanting Elephants Conclusion. Faith-Based Environmentalism in the Anthropocene Glossary of Malay and Batak Terms Notes Bibliography Index Back Cover Series List
  • Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Spirits of the Anthropocene -- Structures -- One. A Time before Religion -- Two. Rupture and Resilience in Conversion -- Representations -- Three. Secularizing "Literate Cannibals" through Scripture -- Four. Mountains, Water, Derangement -- Materialities -- Five. Camphor and Charismatic Retreat -- Six. Disenchanting Elephants -- Conclusion. Faith-Based Environmentalism in the Anthropocene -- Glossary of Malay and Batak Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Series List
  • Acknowledgments --
  • 6. Disenchanting Elephants --
  • Index --
  • Contents --
  • 5. Camphor and Charismatic Retreat --
  • Culture, Place, and Nature: Studies in Anthropology and Environment
  • Structures --
  • 3. Secularizing “Literate Cannibals” through Scripture --
  • Conclusion: Faith-Based Environmentalism in the Anthropocene --
  • 2. Rupture and Resilience in Conversion --
  • 1. A Time before Religion --
  • 4. Mountains, Waters, Derangement --
  • Representations --
  • K. Sivaramakrishnan --
  • Foreword
  • Materialities --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Dedication --
  • Introduction: Spirits of the Anthropocene --
  • Notes --
  • Glossary of Malay and Batak Terms --
  • Bibliography --