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The Temple Mount of Fredrika — Translocality and Fractured Transnationalism of a Visionary Thai Buddhist Retreat Centre |
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Plank, Katarina
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Raddock, Elisabeth
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Selander, Peter
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.17 n.2 |
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| Date | 2016 |
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| Pages | 405 - 426 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1. Special Section
2. Author Affiliations: lecturer at Umeå University, Sweden |
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| Abstract | On a mountain hill outside Fredrika, a small village in the rural north of Sweden, a standing Buddha statue and the seated statue of Luang Pho Thuat invoke reverence from visiting Buddhists. The plans of a large-scale temple and meditation centre have also invoked hope of religious tourism and economic growth in an area highly affected by depopulation. The Temple Mount, as it is referred to locally, has, on the one hand, become a source of religious power, not only for Thai Buddhist pilgrims, but also for other religious networks that has established themselves in the area. On the other hand, Fredrika has also become a contested religious space. The article discusses the background of the Temple Mount as well as contrasting examples of usual establishment patterns of Thai Buddhist temples in Sweden, highlighting translocal religious activity at Fredrika, showing how diaspora Thai Buddhism becomes intertwined with other religious networks. |
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| Table of contents | ABSTRACT 405
Introduction 405
Grounded transnationalism and translocality 406
Transnationalization of Thai Buddhism 407
Fredrika and the vision of a Temple Mount 410
A contested religious space 412
The Temple Mount as a (potential) source of religious power 419
A case of fractured transnationalism of Thai Buddhism? 421
Conclusions 422
Disclosure statement 424
Funding 424
Notes on contributors 424
ORCID 425 |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2016.1205781 |
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| Created date | 2019.01.16 |
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| Modified date | 2019.01.18 |
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