Publication: Living together: The transformation of multi-religious coexistence in southern Thailand
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2011-10-01
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14740680
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00224634
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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Vol.42, No.3 (2011), 487-510
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Alexander Horstmann Living together: The transformation of multi-religious coexistence in southern Thailand. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Vol.42, No.3 (2011), 487-510. doi:10.1017/S0022463411000373 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/11395
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Living together: The transformation of multi-religious coexistence in southern Thailand
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In this article, I provide a preliminary analysis of Buddhista-Muslim coexistence in the Songkhla Lake area in southern Thailand as it unfolds on the margins of a violent conflict in the Deep South (Patani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces). I argue that in the Songkhla Lake area, social, religious, economic and political alliances are reflected in multi-religious ritual traditions that have the potential to transcend cultural difference or manage difference constructively. The article then analyses the transformation of multi-religious coexistence and concludes that the revitalisation of Theravada Buddhism and Islam results in the uneasy coexistence of old and new practices and in a dialectic of sharing and competition. © 2011 The National University of Singapore.