Dealing with Deities The Ritual Vow in South Asia

Name: Dealing with Deities The Ritual Vow in South Asia
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ISBN: 9780791467084

ISBN-10: 0791467082

ISBN-13: 9780791467084

Edition: 2006

Authors: Selva J. Raj, William P. Harman

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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Maps and Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Sites Associated with Vow Rituals



Introduction: The Deal with Deities-Ways Vows Work in South Asia




"The Vow": A Short Story




Getting What You Want



Negotiating Relationships with the Goddess




Shared Vows, Shared Space, and Shared Deities: Vow Rituals among Tamil Catholics in South India




Religious Vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid




In the Company of Pirs: Making Vows, Receiving Favors at Bangladeshi Sufi Shrines




Bara: Buddhist Vows at Kataragama




Performing Vows in Diasporic Contexts: Tamil Hindus, Temples, and Goddesses in Germany




Getting What You Need



Singing a Vow: Devoting Oneself to Shiva through Song




Monastic Vows and the Ramananda Sampraday




Negotiating Karma, Merit, and Liberation: Vow-taking in the Jain Tradition




Vows in the Sikh Tradition




Getting Nothing At All



When Vows Fail to Deliver What They Promise: The Case of Shyamavati




Two Critiques of Women's Vows




Conclusion: Some Promising Possibilities



Toward a Typology of South Asian Lay Vows



Glossary


Contributors



Essays Arranged According to Tradition


Index