Religion and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia.

This paper uses three case studies—(1) community building by Methodist Chinese in Sibu, Sarawak; (2) the construction of transnational temple networks originating in Chinese temples in Sibu; and (3) hybrid spirit medium processions in Kalimantan—to explore aspects of the role of religion within the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. Analytic approaches to Chinese religion proposed by Weber and Mauss are discussed, and an argument is made in favor of following the spread of civilizational techniques into hybrid social and ritual formations. 摘要: 本文通過三個案例研究：1）華人衛理剬會在沙撈越州詩巫的社區建設；2）源自中國寺廟的跨國寺院網絡建設；3）加里曼丹的混合靈媒介隊伍遊行，來探討宗教在東南亞華人社群中的角色。文中討論了韋伯和毛斯對中國宗教提出的分析方法，並提出一個支持跟隨文明技術的傳播向社會和禮儀混合形式發展的論點。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]