Dynamic aspects of religion in India
By: editor, Anjali Chauhan
Contributors: Chauhan, Anjali, editor
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9789384898526
Subjects: Congresses; Religion; Religion and culture; Syncretism (Religion)
Notes: "The present book is compilation of some research papers presented at the 17th World Congress of IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences)" at the University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom (5-10 August, 2013) in the panel on 'Religion in Contemporary South Asia,' which was convened by the author."--Acknowledgements page.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Role of Shia women in the production and transmission of religious knowledge: empowerment through management of mourning rituals and practices / Nadeem Hasnain; title: Hindu stone carving tradition and international tourist market in Mamallapuram, South India / Sanni Sivonen - Religious beliefs and menstruation: myths and facts / Nirja Singh; title: Cyclical time: Ramlila in India: concepts, actions and objects / Neetu Singh; title: Dialectics of religion and poitics in contemporary India / Shuchi Mishra; title: Mother; title: the soul of the Indian family structure: an epigraphical substantiation / Rupali Mokashi; title: Is 'sacred commerce' becoming part of the 'sacred complex' in India? / Anjali Chauhan.