Studying Hinduism in practice
"Drawing on personal experiences of Hinduism on the ground, this book provides a reflective context within which religious practices can be understood and appreciated. It conveys the rich realities of the Hindu tradition and the academic approaches through which they are studied. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including dance, music, performance, festival traditions, temples, myth, philosophy, women's practices, and divine possession. The engaging narratives are accompanied by conte…
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- Full title :Studying Hinduism in practice / edited by Hillary Rodrigues.
Summary
"Drawing on personal experiences of Hinduism on the ground, this book provides a reflective context within which religious practices can be understood and appreciated. It conveys the rich realities of the Hindu tradition and the academic approaches through which they are studied. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including dance, music, performance, festival traditions, temples, myth, philosophy, women's practices, and divine possession. The engaging narratives are accompanied by contextual discussions and advice on such topics as conducting fieldwork, colonialism, Hindu seasonal celebrations, understanding deities, and aesthetics in Hinduism. All the entries are accompanied by photographs and suggestions for further reading."--Book cover.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781136680977, 1136680977, 9780203810286, 0203810287
- oclc:ocn787851097
- LC Classification:BL1108.2
- Dewey Decimal:294.5
Table of Contents
1. Discovering a story / Brenda E.F. Beck -- 2. Hanuman Jayanti in Maharashtra / Jeffrey Brackett -- 3. Searching for Sati / Paul B. Courtright -- 4. Pilgrimage to Kamakhya through text and lived religion : some forms of the goddess at an Assamese temple site / Patricia A. Dold -- 5. The accidental pilgrim : Vaisnava tirthas and the experience of the sacred / Jason D. Fuller -- 6. Dance and Hinduism : a personal exploration / Anne-Marie Gaston -- 7. Just my imagination? : puzzling through a Duryodhana festival near Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu / Alf Hiltebeitel -- 8. The wisdom of Kapila's cave : Samkhya-Yoga as practice / Knut A. Jacobsen -- 9. Tabla, spirituality, and the arts : a journey into the cycles of time / Jeffrey Lidke -- 10. Divine times : goddess worship in Banaras / Hillary P. Rodrigues -- 11. A Himalayan exorcism / William Sax -- 12. Experiencing Sanskrit dramas in Kerala : epic performances and performers / Bruce M. Sullivan -- 13. Learning about Hindu practice : fighting late-colonial attitudes and discovering temples and festivals / Paul Younger.
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