The relationship between Buddhist and animist amulets in contemporary Thailand: PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG
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Issued Date
2022-01-01
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eISSN
24523151
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85127466793
Journal Title
Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences
Volume
43
Issue
1
Start Page
53
End Page
59
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences Vol.43 No.1 (2022) , 53-59
Suggested Citation
Iamkhorpung P., Kosuta M. The relationship between Buddhist and animist amulets in contemporary Thailand: PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences Vol.43 No.1 (2022) , 53-59. 59. doi:10.34044/j.kjss.2022.43.1.07 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/87046
Title
The relationship between Buddhist and animist amulets in contemporary Thailand: PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG
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Abstract
This research focuses on the practice of Buddhist and animist amulets in contemporary Thailand, so called PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG in Thai. PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG are presented in response to demonstrate the relationship between Buddhist and animist amulets, and thus between Buddhism and animism, which have been influenced by the heightened process of religious syncretism. The study argues that there is no clear separation between the religiosity of the amulets moving from ‘purely’ animist amulets to ‘purely’ Buddhist Buddha images, Thai religiosity flows uninterrupted in a changing yet interconnected spectrum as in the visible light spectrum. A range of studies compared three categories within PHRA KHRUEANG and KHRUEANG RANG in order to highlight their relationship in terms of physical features and functions which are Forms, Functions, and Empowerment respectively.