Hindu Gods in an American Landscape
Subtitle: Changing Perceptions of Indian Sacred Images in the Global Age
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Nov 20, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780786499441
Description: In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests, becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world.
Notes: Source title: Hindu Gods in an American Landscape: Changing Perceptions of Indian Sacred Images in the Global Age