Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Monographic journal issue | Supplemento 60 | 2024
Research Article | Keeping Hold of the Jewel: Buddhist Youth Activism and Multidirectional Migration in Mountain Java
Keeping Hold of the Jewel: Buddhist Youth Activism and Multidirectional Migration in Mountain Java
Abstract
The paper investigates the emergence of a youth organisation in rural Central Java and its relevance for the channelling of Buddhist revivalist stances in the Temanggung area. Rather than instantiating a linear “return”, the Buddhist revitalisation efforts promoted by the group materialise a novel religious scenario marked by a sharper influence of Theravāda Buddhism and a mélange of ethnocultural stances. More specifically, the paper intends to show how the formation of the youth organisation and the on-the-ground activities implemented reflect wider dynamics of internal mobility as well as new economic/entrepreneurial sensibilities.
Submitted: Dec. 22, 2023 | Accepted: July 4, 2024 | Published Dec. 4, 2024 | Language: en
Keywords Youth movements • Living Buddhism • Entrepreneurialism • Indonesia
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