Bibliograph

Everyday Hinduism, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

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Everyday Hinduism, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everyday Hinduism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

894935287

Responsibility statement

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

Series statement

Lived religions, 1

Summary

"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction. The terms "Hindu," "Hinduism," and "Hindu traditions" ; Dharma : a way of life and religious tradition ; Context and multiplicity ; Ethnographic selection and chapter topics -- A note on Caste -- 1. Families of deities. The Trimurti ; Mythological and narrative families: Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, the goddess, Gramadevatas, village deities ;Temple families ; Ritual families in domestic shrines -- 2. Oral and visual narratives and theologies. Oral performance genres ; Visual narratives and theologies ; Verbal and visual together ; Where does the narrative lie? ; The Ramayana tradition performed -- 3. Loving and serving God : Bhakti, Murtis, and Puja. Bhakti, devotion ; Singing to God and the Goddess ; Worshipping deities in material form ; Narratives of God in the Murti ; The deity without form ; Modes of worshipping the Murti ; The services of Puja ; Online, cyber Puja -- 4. Temples, shrines, and pilgrimage. Temples ; Sthala Puranas ; Temple architecture ; Temple worship ; Shrines ; Pilgrimage ; Tirumala, a southern, pan-Indian, and transnational pilgrimage site ; Narshinghnath, a sub-regional pilgrimage site -- 5. Festivals. Divali : festival of lights ; Ganesha Chaturthi : domestic neighborhood, and city-wide celebrations ; Place-bound festivals : Tirupati's Gangamma Jatara -- 6. Vrats : ritual vows and women's auspiciousness. Temple Vrats ; Domestic Vrats ; Vrat Kathas : ritual narratives ; Two south Indian Vrat traditions ; Gender and Vrats -- 7. Samskaras : transformative rites of passage. Pregnancy and birth ; First-year Samskaras ; Upanayana and rituals of transition to adulthood ; Ranga Pravesham : ascending the (dance) stage ; Marriage ; Death rituals -- 8. Ritual healing, possession, and astrology. Accessing multiple healing sites ; Healing across religious boundaries ; Possession ; Astrology -- Afterword -- Glossary

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