10. On Celibate Marriages: Conversion to the Brahma Kumaris in Poland

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. 1. On the Margins: An Introduction 1
6. Part I: Anthropology and Religion
7. 2. Homeless Spirits: Modern Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the Anthropology of Religion in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 13
8. 3. The Abominations of Anthropology: Christianity, Ethnographic Taboos and the Meanings of ‘Science’ 39
9. Part II: Space and Religious Marginality
10. 4. Religious Logistics: African Christians, Spirituality and Transportation 61
11. 5. Contested Spaces: Temple Building and the Re-creation of Religious Boundaries in Contemporary Urban India 81
12. 6. Bosnian Neighbourhoods Revisited: Tolerance, Commitment and Komˇsiluk in Sarajevo 97
13. Part III: Power and Relative Centrality
14. 7. Revival of Buddhist Royal Family Commemorative Ritual in Laos 115
15. 8. Centres and Margins: The Organisation of Extravagance as Self-government in China 135
16. Part IV: Religious Options and Identitary Claims
17. 9. Allies and Subordinates: Religious Practice on the Margins between Buddhism and Shamanism in Southern Siberia 153
18. 10. On Celibate Marriages: Conversion to the Brahma Kumaris in Poland 169
19. Part V: Modernity and the Transmission of Religion
20. 11. Elders’ Cathedrals and Children’s Marbles: Dynamics of Religious Transmission among the Baga of Guinea 187
21. 12. Geomancy, Politics and Colonial Encounters in Rural Hong Kong 205
22. 13. The Sacrifices of Modernity in a Soviet-built Steel Town in Central India 233
23. Notes on Contributors 263
24. Index 267