ISBN:
0791467074
,
9780791467084
,
0791467082
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XIX, 287 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
24 cm
DDC:
204.46
Schlagwort(e):
Vows
;
Vows
;
South Asia Religious life and customs
;
South Asia Religious life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Anthologie
;
Indien
;
Religion
;
Gelübde
;
Südasien
;
Gelübde
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: the deal with deities--ways vows work in South Asia / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman -- "The vow": a short story / Shankarrao Kharat -- Negotiating relationships with the goddess / William P. Harman -- Shared vows, shared space, and shared deities: vow rituals among Tamil Catholics in South India / Selva J. Raj -- Religious vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan -- In the company of pirs: making vows, receiving favors at Bangladeshi Sufi shrines / Sufia Uddin -- Bara: Buddhist vows at Kataragama / Sunil Goonasekera -- Performing vows in diasporic contexts: Tamil Hindus, temples, and goddesses in Germany / Martin Baumann -- Singing a vow: devoting oneself to Shiva through song / Karen Pechilis -- Monastic vows and the Ramananda Sampraday / Ramdas Lamb -- Negotiating karma, merit, and liberation: vow-taking in the Jain tradition / M. Whitney Kelting -- Vows in the Sikh tradition / Louis E. Fenech and Pashaura Singh -- When vows fail to deliver what they promise: the case of Shyamavati / Tracy Pintchman -- Two critiques of women's vows / Jack E. Llewellyn -- Toward a typology of South Asian lay vows / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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