The life of Hinduism
By: edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan.
Contributors: Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-; Narayanan, Vasudha.
Series: The life of religion -- 3
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780520249134; 9780520249141
Subjects: Religious life -- Hinduism; Hinduism -- Customs and practices; Hinduism -- Social aspects
Description: "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 vs. tolerance, and the struggle between owning one's own religion and sharing it with others."--Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The experience : approaching God / Stephen P. Huyler; title: The Deity : the image of God / Diana L. Eck; title: The miraculous : the birth of a shrine / Shrivatsa Goswami and Margaret H. Case; title: Marriage : women in India / Doranne Jacobson; title: Death beyond death : the ochre robe / Agehananda Bharati; title: Divali : the festival of lights / Om Lata Bahadur; title: Holi : the feast of love / McKim Marriott; title: An open-air Ramayana : Ramlila, the audience experience / Linda Hess; title: A Ramayana on air : "all in the (Raghu) family" : a video epic in cultural context / Philip Lutgendorf; title: Possession by Durga : the Mother who possesses / Kathleen M. Erndl; title: Anandamayi Ma : God came as a woman / Lisa Lassell Hallstrom; title: Radhasoami : the healing offer / Sudhir Kakar; title: A dalit poet-saint : Ravidas / John Stratton Hawley, with Mark Juergensmeyer; title: A Brahmin woman : revenge herself / Lalitambika Antarjanam; title: Hinduism in Pittsburgh : creating the South Indian "Hindu" experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan; title: A diasporic Hindu creed : some basic features of Hinduism / Sitansu S. Chakravarti; title: Militant Hinduism : Ayodhya and the momentum of Hindu nationalism / John Stratton Hawley; title: Tolerant Hinduism : shared ritual spaces : Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan; title: Hinduism for Hindus : taking back Hindu studies / Shrinivas Tilak; title: Hinduism with others : interlogue / Laurie L. Patton and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, with Kala Acharya.