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The Temple Mount of Fredrika: Translocality and Fractured Transnationalism of a Visionary Thai Buddhist Retreat Centre
Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4004-3438
Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
2016 (English)In: Contemporary Buddhism, ISSN 1463-9947, E-ISSN 1476-7953, Vol. 17, no 2, p. 405-426Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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On a mountain hill outside Fredrika, a small village in the rural north of Sweden, a standing Buddha statue and the seated statue of Luang Pho Thuat invoke reverence from visiting Buddhists. The plans of a large-scale temple and meditation centre have also invoked hope of religious tourism and economic growth in an area highly affected by depopulation. The Temple Mount, as it is referred to locally, has, on the one hand, become a source of religious power, not only for Thai Buddhist pilgrims, but also for other religious networks that has established themselves in the area. On the other hand, Fredrika has also become a contested religious space. The article discusses the background of the Temple Mount as well as contrasting examples of usual establishment patterns of Thai Buddhist temples in Sweden, highlighting translocal religious activity at Fredrika, showing how diaspora Thai Buddhism becomes intertwined with other religious networks.

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Routledge, 2016. Vol. 17, no 2, p. 405-426
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Religious Studies and Theology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-70093DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2016.1205781ISI: 000385930300010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84978763359OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-70093DiVA, id: diva2:1262187
Available from: 2018-11-09 Created: 2018-11-09 Last updated: 2018-11-12Bibliographically approved

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