This book presents a collection of original research about every day, innovative, interactive, and multiple religiosities among Sri Lankan Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and devotees of New Religious Movements in post-war Sri Lanka.

The book uses a novel analytic framework of 'innovative religiosity' to escape both the epistemological and ethnographic isolation of studies that limit themselves to one form of religious practice.

This book is an important resource for researchers studying Anthropology, Asian Religion, Religion in Context and South Asian Studies.

About the Author

Mark P. Whitaker is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky.

Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake is a Senior Researcher at the International Center for Ethnic Studies.

Pathmanesan Sanmugeswaran is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the Open University of Sri Lanka.

Reviews

"This volume offers an in-depth and provocative glimpse of the complexity of Sri Lanka's multi-religious heritage and its impacts. Chapters by established and emerging experts in the field...describe the island's deeply pluralistic religious traditions. They also raise questions about the overlapping influences of religious cultures, ethnicity and place and their responsiveness (or not) to external influences."

-Nishkala Suntharalingam, Asian Affairs, 2023/05/04

Book Information
ISBN 9781032104874
Author Mark P. Whitaker
Format Paperback
Page Count 268
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 530g