Hinduism in Thailand: Its Presence and Absence
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My endeavor in this paper is to explore the presences and absences of Hinduism in contemporary Thailand. After addressing the methodological and conceptual difficulties in understanding ‘Hinduism’, I provide a brief glance of the history to give a bird’s eye view of the place of Hinduism in Thailand. Subsequently, I discuss the dynamics of the religious scape of Thailand as it is available in the form of heuristic models presented as ‘syncretic, compartmentalist and hybrid’ in the recent academic debates which have enriched the discourse. We understand that the discourse is thereby indirectly limiting any possibility of making a generalization about the presence or absence of any particular religion. Finally, I provide the dynamics of Hinduism in contemporary Thailand while interrogating the proclamation of Justin McDaniel that “there is no Hinduism in Thailand” by pointing out the conceptual limitations of his approach. The study limits itself to the contemporary academic landscape of Thai religions.
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My endeavor in this paper is to explore the presences and absences of Hinduism in contemporary Thailand. After addressing the methodological and conceptual difficulties in understanding ‘Hinduism’, I provide a brief glance of the history to give a bird’s eye view of the place of Hinduism in Thailand. Subsequently, I discuss the dynamics of the religious scape of Thailand as it is available in the form of heuristic models presented as ‘syncretic, compartmentalist and hybrid’ in the recent academic debates which have enriched the discourse. We understand that the discourse is thereby indirectly limiting any possibility of making a generalization about the presence or absence of any particular religion. Finally, I provide the dynamics of Hinduism in contemporary Thailand while interrogating the proclamation of Justin McDaniel that “there is no Hinduism in Thailand” by pointing out the conceptual limitations of his approach. The study limits itself to the contemporary academic landscape of Thai religions.
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