Negotiating Linguistic and Religious Diversity: A Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia

ISBN-13: 9781032115818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 184 str.

Nirukshi Perera

Opis

This ground-breaking research brings the deep connection between religion and language under the spotlight by asking how one migrant religious institution, a Hindu temple, adapts in an era of religious superdiversity.

Recenzje

"Language and religion have ensured the continuity of each other for generations. Perera unveils new paradoxes in this dynamic in recent forms of migration. While Saivism and Tamil are changing in a new social ecology, they still anchor heritage identity and faith for diasporic Sri Lankan Tamils in Australia."---Professor Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA

"Niru Perera takes the reader on a deep dive of a Tamil Hindu Temple in Australia to discover what it means to be Lankan, Tamil, Hindu, and Australian. A gripping tale of the search for social inclusion amid shifting languages, identities, and beliefs across generations."---Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University, Australia

Spis treści

1. Language and religion in superdiverse times 2. The Lankan Tamil diaspora and Hinduism 3. Language and faith challenges at an Australian Hindu temple 4. Approaches to language policy and faith transmission 5. Talking Saivism in the temple’s Sunday school 6. Negotiating Lankan Tamil youth faith, language, and identity in the temple 7. Conclusion: The evolving koovil (temple)