Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial Setting
R. L. (University of Sussex) Stirrat
Cambridge University Press, 1992
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This study of religious change and cultural fragmentation in contemporary Sri Lanka focuses on a series of new Catholic shrines that attract hundreds of pilgrims. Their fame is based, among other things, on their efficacy as centres for demonic exorcism, alleviating suffering, and helping people to find jobs.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521415552
- ISBN-10
- 0521415551
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1992
- Publication date
- 1992-09-10
- Pages
- 260
- Dimensions
- 236x157x21
- Weight
- 516