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• Title:Meeting God : elements of Hindu devotion / text and photographs by Stephen P. Huyler ; foreword by Thomas Moore.
  
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• Author/Creator:Huyler, Stephen P., 1951-
  
• Published/Created:New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1999.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: BL1226.2 .H89 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Hinduism--Rituals.
  Worship (Hinduism)
  Hindu gods.
  
• Description:271 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0300079834 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0300079842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / Thomas Moore
  1. Concepts of Hindu Devotion
  2. Approaching God: Elements of Worship
  3. Soul of Family: Worship in the Home
  4. Honoring the Spirit of Community
  5. Answered Prayers: The Evolution from Shrine to Temple
  6. Deities on Parade: Sacred Images in Procession
  7. Embracing the Ephemeral: Transitory Images
  8. Healing, Sacred Vows, and Possession
  9. Final Stages: Old Age and Renunciation.