Sustaining culture in modern times

Spiritual beliefs and practices among working women of Malaysia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12319086
AutoresGina Zanolini Morrison (0000-0003-0061-390X, Wilkes University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen27
Número1
Páginas60-87
Fecha de publicación2022-12-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGender Technology and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0971-8524 • E-ISSN: 0973-0656
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09718524.2022.2140380
OpenAlexW4312013673
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas21

Spiritual beliefs bring comfort, order, and meaning to life in every culture, particularly in challenging times. To gain access to the spiritual beliefs and practices of Malaysia, a uniquely multicultural nation in the throes of rapid development and political change, we interviewed a diversity of Malaysian women about their spiritual beliefs. Using the lens of gender to frame the study, we focused on working women as it was theorized that women’s ways of knowing might provide insight to the challenge of sustaining traditional spiritual values while maintaining careers in the modern world, which often holds more restrictive views on spiritualism. In-depth interviews revealed a common knowledge of the rules of the invisible world, including how to gain access to it, and respect for ancient practices regardless of religion, career, ethnicity, age, or educational level. Most importantly, sharing spiritual beliefs and practices provided a means of sustaining traditional culture in the everchanging flows of Malaysia’s rapid development

Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Meaning (existential · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spiritual growth · Spiritualism · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology · Socioeconomic Development in Asia