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Chinese religion in Malaysia : temples and communities by Chee-Beng Tan is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chinese religion in Malaysia : temples and communities about?
Based on long-term ethnographic study, this is the first comprehensive work on the Chinese popular religion in Malaysia. It analyses temples and communities in historical and contemporary perspective, the diversity of deities and Chinese speech groups, religious specialists and temple services, the communal significance of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, the relationship between religion and philanthropy as seen through the lens of such Chinese religious organization as shantang(benevolent halls) an
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Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Chee-Beng Tan
- Publisher
- Koninklijke Brill N.V.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004429864
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Social Science, Social Sciences, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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