The life of Hinduism [electronic resource] / edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan.

ISBN:

9780520940079

9780520249141

9781433700040

Title:

The life of Hinduism [electronic resource] / edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan.

Author:

Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

The life of religion ; 3

Contents:

The experience : approaching God / Stephen P. Huyler -- The Deity : the image of God / Diana L. Eck -- The miraculous : the birth of a shrine / Shrivatsa Goswami and Margaret H. Case -- Marriage : women in India / Doranne Jacobson -- Death beyond death : the ochre robe / Agehananda Bharati -- Divali : the festival of lights / Om Lata Bahadur -- Holi : the feast of love / McKim Marriott -- An open-air Ramayana : Ramlila, the audience experience / Linda Hess -- A Ramayana on air : "all in the (Raghu) family" : a video epic in cultural context / Philip Lutgendorf -- Possession by Durga : the Mother who possesses / Kathleen M. Erndl -- Anandamayi Ma : God came as a woman / Lisa Lassell Hallstrom -- Radhasoami : the healing offer / Sudhir Kakar -- A dalit poet-saint : Ravidas / John Stratton Hawley, with Mark Juergensmeyer -- A Brahmin woman : revenge herself / Lalitambika Antarjanam -- Hinduism in Pittsburgh : creating the South Indian "Hindu" experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan -- A diasporic Hindu creed : some basic features of Hinduism / Sitansu S. Chakravarti -- Militant Hinduism : Ayodhya and the momentum of Hindu nationalism / John Stratton Hawley -- Tolerant Hinduism : shared ritual spaces : Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan -- Hinduism for Hindus : taking back Hindu studies / Shrinivas Tilak -- Hinduism with others : interlogue / Laurie L. Patton and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, with Kala Acharya.

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Subject Term:

Religious life -- Hinduism.

Hinduism -- Customs and practices.

Hinduism -- Social aspects.

Added Author:

Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-

Narayanan, Vasudha.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2006

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Summary

The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays--many recognized as classics in the field--that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu worship, life-cycle rites, festivals, performances, gurus, and castes. The book's final sections deal with the Hinduism that is emerging in diasporic North America and with issues of identity that face Hindus in India and around the world: militancy versus tolerance and the struggle between owning one's own religion and sharing it with others.

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

Author Notes

Hawley John Stratton :

John Stratton Hawley is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion at Barnard College. He is the editor of Saints and Virtues and Devi: Goddesses of India (both from UC Press), among other books. Vasudha Narayanan is Professor of Religion at University of Florida. Her books include The Tamil Veda: Pillan's Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli and The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual.