Muslim Merit-making in Thailand's Far-South

• Main Author: Joll, Christopher M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series ; 4
• Subjects: Religion.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Anthropology.; Linguistic anthropology.; Religious Studies.; Religious Studies, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; Linguistic Anthropology.

This volume provides an ethnographic description of Muslim merit-making rhetoric, rituals and rationales in Thailand’s Malay far-south. This study is situated in Cabetigo, one of Pattani’s oldest and most important Malay communities that has been subjected to a range of Thai and Islamic influences o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Indic, Islamic, and Thai Influences
• Religious, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity
• Thai and Malay Merit-making Rhetoric
• Potent Words and Sacred Duties
• Sedekoh and Meritorious Smorgasbords
• Ramadan Scales and Meccan Multiplications
• Merit-making Rationales and Motivations
• Conclusion.