Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Part I Worship
1 The Experience: Approaching God
2 The Deity: The Image of God
3 The Miraculous: The Birth of a Shrine
Part II The Life Cycle
4 Marriage: Women in India
5 Death beyond Death: The Ochre Robe
Part III Festival
6 Divali: The Festival of Lights
7 Holi: The Feast of Love
Part IV Performance
8 An Open-Air Ramayana: Ramlila, the Audience Experience
9 A Ramayana on Air: “All in the (Raghu) Family,” A Video Epic in Cultural Context
10 Possession by Durga: The Mother Who Possesses
Part V Gurus
11 Anandamayi Ma: God Came as a Woman
12 Radhasoami: The Healing Offer
Part VI Caste
13 A Dalit Poet-Saint: Ravidas
14 A Brahmin Woman: Revenge Herself
Part VII Diaspora
15 Hinduism in Pittsburgh: Creating the South Indian “Hindu” Experience in the United States
16 A Diasporic Hindu Creed: Some Basic Features of Hinduism
Part VIII Identity
17 Militant Hinduism: Ayodhya and the Momentum of Hindu Nationalism
18 Tolerant Hinduism: Shared Ritual Spaces—Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid
19 Hinduism for Hindus: Taking Back Hindu Studies
20 Hinduism with Others: Interlogue
List of Contributors
Index
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →