"The most important study of Javanese religion since Clifford
Geertz's Religion of Java (1960). An ethnographically rich and
historically detailed portrait of the last Hindu enclave in Muslim
Java, Hefner's work is also a compelling account of the symbolic
processes involved in religious conversion. . . . This is a
brilliant study which is certain to appeal to readers concerned
with post-structuralist theory as well as specialists in Asian
Studies, Hinduism, and Islam."
*Choice*
"Elegantly written, convincingly argued, and painstakingly
researched, this study of a Javanese mountain people is the most
paradigmatic work in the anthropology of religion to appear since
Nuer Religion."---E. Valentine Daniel, Religious Studies Review
"[T]he description of ritual, the priestly role, and prayer in the
contemporary setting is careful, subtle and original. The
challenges from and reactions to Islam are well delineated."---R.
H. Barnes, Times Literary Supplement
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