Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0342895]Researchers: Dr Gregory Fealy (Chief Investigator) , Peter Anthony Jackson (Chief Investigator) , The Australian National University (Managed by)
Brief description RELIGION, POWER AND CRISIS IN INDONESIA AND THAILAND: Islamic and Buddhist Responses to Globalising Markets and Cultures. Religion has been central to state power in Indonesia (Islam) and Thailand (Buddhism), both historically and throughout recent dramatic shifts in economic and political circumstances. This study examines how institutional and popular religious movements now relate to political authority in Southeast Asia's economically and strategically most important countries. It will analyse: (1) comparative Islamic and Buddhist fundamentalisms; (2) democratisation and changing patterns of state influence on religion; and (3) marketisation, mass media and religion as popular culture, thereby filling major gaps in the globalisation literature and transcending the limitations of single-country studies of Southeast Asian regional affairs.
Funding Amount $90,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0342895
- ARC : DP0342895