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    The life of Hinduism / edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan.

    • Title:The life of Hinduism / edited by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Hawley, John Stratton, 1941-
      Narayanan, Vasudha.
    • Published/Created:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Religious life--Hinduism.
      Hinduism--Customs and practices.
      Hinduism--Social aspects.
    • Description:xiii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Series:Life of religion ; 3.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780520249134 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
      0520249135 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
      9780520249141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      0520249143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:1. experience : approaching God / Stephen P. Huyler
      2. deity : the image of God / Diana L. Eck
      3. miraculous : the birth of a shrine / Shrivatsa Goswami and Margaret H. Case
      4. Marriage : women in India / Doranne Jacobson
      5. Death beyond death : the Ochre Robe / Agehananda Bharati
      6. Divali : the festival of lights / Om Lata Bahadur
      7. Holi : the feast of love / McKim Marriott
      8. open-air Ramayana : Ramlila, the audience experience / Linda Hess
      9. Ramayana on air : "all in the (Raghu) family," a video epic in cultural context / Philip Lutgendorf
      10. Possession by Durga : the mother who possesses / Kathleen M. Erndl
      11. Anandamayi Ma : God came as a woman / Lisa Lassell Hallstrom
      12. Radhasoami : the healing offer / Sudhir Kakar
      13. dalit poet-saint : Ravidas / John Stratton Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer
      14. brahmin woman : revenge herself / Lalitambika Antarjanam
      15. Hinduism in Pittsburgh : creating the South Indian "Hindu" experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan
      16. diasporic Hindu creed : some basic features of Hinduism / Sitansu S. Chakravarti
      17. Militant Hinduism : Ayodhya and the momentum of Hindu nationalism / John Stratton Hawley
      18. Tolerant Hinduism : shared ritual spaces - Hindus and Muslims at the shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan
      19. Hinduism for Hindus : taking back Hindu studies / Shrinivas Tilak
      20. Hinduism with others : interlogue / Laurie L. Patton, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad and Kala Acharya.
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