Modern Spirits
Peter J. Bräunlein: Spirits in and of Southeast Asia’s Modernity: An Overview
Michael Dickhardt: The Social Placing of Religion and Spirituality in Vietnam in the Context of Asian Modernity: Perspectives for Research
Alexander Horstmann: Ancestral Spirits, Polyphony and Transgression in Southern Thailand’s Multi-Religious Ritual
Guido Sprenger: Where the Death go to the Market: Market and Ritual as Social Systems in Upland Southeast Asia
Modern Muslims
Martin Slama: Hadhrami Moderns: The Recurring Dynamics and Historical Rhymes of Al-Irsyad, Indonesia
Paul Christensen: Modernity and Spirit Possession in Java: Horse Dance as a Threatened Space of Interpretation
Susanne Rodemeier Mubeng Beteng: A Contested Ritual of Circumambulation in Yogyakarta
Melanie V. Nertz: ‘Muslim Modernities’ in Makassar and Yogyakarta: Negotiating ‘the West’ as Frame of Reference
Thomas Reuter: Cosmological Battles: Understanding Susceptibility and Resistance to Transnational Islamic Puritanism in Java
Modern Traditions
Birgit Bräuchler: Modes of Interreligious Coexistence and Civility in Maluku
Volker Gottowik: Ethnicity and Violence in Bali; and what Barong Landung says about it
Annette Hornbacher: Contested Moksa in Balinese AgamaHindu: Balinese Death Rituals between Ancestor Worship and Modern Hinduism
Karin Klenke: Good Girls: Christianity, Modernity and Gendered Morality in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra
Judith Schlehe: Bukit Kasih, the Hill of Love: Multireligiosity for Pleasure
Notes on Contributors