Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 337 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 472 g
Reihe: The Life of Religion
Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 337 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 472 g
Reihe: The Life of Religion
ISBN: 978-0-520-24914-1
Verlag: University of California Press
Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Sharon Hays, Douglas Massey, Joya Misra, Orlando Patterson, Frances Fox Piven, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Judith Stacey, Arthur Stinchcombe, Alain Touraine, Immanuel Wallerstein, William Julius Wilson, Robert Zussman
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
PART I WORSHIP
1 The Experience: Approaching God
2 The Deity: The Image of God
3 The Miraculous: The Birth of a Shrine
PART II THE LIFE CYCLE
4 Marriage: Women in India
5 Death beyond Death: The Ochre Robe
PART III FESTIVAL
6 Divali: The Festival of Lights
7 Holi: The Feast of Love
PART IV PERFORMANCE
8 An Open-Air Ramayana: Ramlila, the Audience Experience
9 A Ramayana on Air: “All in the (Raghu) Family,” A Video Epic in Cultural Context
10 Possession by Durga: The Mother Who Possesses
PART V GURUS
11 Anandamayi Ma: God Came as a Woman
12 Radhasoami: The Healing Offer
PART VI CASTE
13 A Dalit Poet-Saint: Ravidas
14 A Brahmin Woman: Revenge Herself
PART VII DIASPORA
15 Hinduism in Pittsburgh: Creating the South Indian “Hindu” Experience in the United States
16 A Diasporic Hindu Creed: Some Basic Features of Hinduism
PART VIII IDENTITY
17 Militant Hinduism: Ayodhya and the Momentum of Hindu Nationalism
18 Tolerant Hinduism: Shared Ritual Spaces—Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid
19 Hinduism for Hindus: Taking Back Hindu Studies
20 Hinduism with Others: Interlogue
List of Contributors 301
Index 307