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| Context‐Bound Islamic Theodicies: The tsunami as Supernatural Retribution vs. Natural Catastrophe in Southern Thailand | ||
| 作者 | Merli, Claudia |
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| 出處題名 | Religion |
| 卷期 | v.40 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2010.04 |
| 頁次 | 104 - 111 |
| 出版者 | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.tandf.co.uk/ |
| 出版地 | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Special Issue: Religions, Natural Hazards, and Disasters (Guest-editors: Jean-Chr. Gaillard & Pauline Texier) Author Affiliations: Department of Anthropology , Durham University , Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HP, UK Phone: +44 (0) 191 3343310 E-mail: |
| 摘要 | After the tsunami of 26 December 2004, local discourses in the prevalently Muslim Satun province in Southern Thailand were characterized by religious interpretations of the disaster. The range of Islamic interpretations varied, and was far from homogeneous. Statements are framed in plural theodicies and ultimately impute disasters to human responsibility, in apparent contrast to both scientific explanations and other Islamic tenets. The aim of this article is to present the range of theodicies associated with the event and to analyze their use in relation to the specific socio‐historical and ethno‐political context, in the words of people belonging to the Islamic and Buddhist religious é lites. In these examples religious discourses leave behind the theological universalistic explanations of the existence of suffering and evil to become context‐bound commentaries on the state of morality of local communities, with the aim of defining social boundaries |
| ISSN | 0048721X (P); 10961151 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 159 |
| 建檔日期 | 2015.01.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2019.12.13 |
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