Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter

The aim of this article, as exemplified by the Srilankan-Tamil Hindus, is to show how religion is changing in a cultural encounter and, in that perspective, how a local Danish-Tamil Hinduism is formed - a local tradition that you will not find anywhere else. This case study illustrates how a third i...

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Main Author: Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 2002-03-01
Series:Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/2193
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description The aim of this article, as exemplified by the Srilankan-Tamil Hindus, is to show how religion is changing in a cultural encounter and, in that perspective, how a local Danish-Tamil Hinduism is formed - a local tradition that you will not find anywhere else. This case study illustrates how a third identity comes into being, an identity shaped in the dialectic between the reshaped tradition and the elements of the same tradition that the members consider to be the key elements. It also shows how tradition as well as culture, identity and religion are dynamic phenomena which change along with the new environment and needs of the members.
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spelling doaj.art-06fe83f43ac34964af3d69e1a55fe08b2024-01-09T13:39:41ZdanReligionsvidenskabeligt TidsskriftReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift1904-81812002-03-014010.7146/rt.v0i40.2193Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteterMarianne Qvortrup FibigerThe aim of this article, as exemplified by the Srilankan-Tamil Hindus, is to show how religion is changing in a cultural encounter and, in that perspective, how a local Danish-Tamil Hinduism is formed - a local tradition that you will not find anywhere else. This case study illustrates how a third identity comes into being, an identity shaped in the dialectic between the reshaped tradition and the elements of the same tradition that the members consider to be the key elements. It also shows how tradition as well as culture, identity and religion are dynamic phenomena which change along with the new environment and needs of the members.https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/2193
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Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
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title Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
title_full Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
title_fullStr Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
title_full_unstemmed Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
title_short Hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmødets tredje-identiteter
title_sort hvordan en lokaltradition bliver til i lyset af kulturmodets tredje identiteter
url https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/2193
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