Diaspora of the Gods Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World

Name: Diaspora of the Gods Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World
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ISBN: 9780195156645

ISBN-10: 0195156641

ISBN-13: 9780195156645

Edition: 2004

Authors: Joanne Punzo Waghorne

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Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe. Just as modern professionals continue to build new churches, synagogues, and now mosques, Hindus are erecting temples to their gods wherever their work and their lives take them. Despite the perceived exoticism of Hindu worship, the daily life-style of these avid temple patrons differs little from their suburban neighbors. Joanne Waghorneleads her readers on a journey through this new middle-class Hindu diaspora, focusing on their efforts to build and support places of worship. She seeks to trace the changing religious sensibilities of the middle…

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List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Note on the transliteration of a layered language


Introduction : new houses for the gods in an urban world



Hindu temples in the new world system, 1640-1800



Mylapore : the recovery of "ancient" temples in an inner-city neighborhood



The gentrification of the goddess



Portable stone : Murugan, Amman, and globalized localism


Conclusion/s : making space for god/s in an urban world