Life of Hinduism

Name: Life of Hinduism
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ISBN: 9780520249141

ISBN-10: 0520249143

ISBN-13: 9780520249141

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan

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The Life of Hinduism collects a series of essays that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu worship, life-cycle rites, festivals, performances, gurus, and castes. The book's final sections deal with the issues of identity that today face Hindus in India and around the world: militancy versus tolerance and the struggle between owning one's own religion and sharing it with others.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 337
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



List of Illustrations A Note on Transliteration Introduction



Worship



The Experience: Approaching God



The Deity: The Image of God



The Miraculous: The Birth of a Shrine



The Life Cycle



Marriage: Women in India



Death beyond Death: The Ochre Robe



Festival



Divali: The Festival of Lights



Holi: The Feast of Love



Performance



An Open-Air Ramayana: Ramlila, the Audience Experience



A Ramayana on Air: "All in the (Raghu) Family," A Video Epic in Cultural Context