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Leseprobe

Everyday Hinduism

Name: Everyday Hinduism
Author: Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

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18,99 €

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John Wiley & Sons

Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Judentum

Beschreibung

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice. * Introduces and contextualizes the rituals, festivals and everyday lived experiences of Hinduism in text and images * Includes data from the author's own extensive ethnographic fieldwork in central India (Chhattisgarh), the Deccan Plateau (Hyderabad), and South India (Tirupati) * Features coverage of Hindu diasporas, including a study of the Hindu community in Atlanta, Georgia * Each chapter includes case study examples of specific topics related to the practice of Hinduism framed by introductory and contextual material

Rezensionen

(CHOICE, 2016)
"An engaging read, as a textbook as well as general resource, this book has the potential to make instructors re-envision how they teach Hinduism in the classroom."

--Leela Prasad, Duke University
"Flueckiger draws on her wide-ranging ethnographic work to vividly illustrate and critically appreciate the stories, rituals, and materials of an ancient, complex, and continuously evolving tradition and invites readers to engage both the past and the modern in fresh and respectful ways. Imaginatively conceptualized, sensitive to variation, context and change, and beautifully written, Everyday Hinduism evokes a wonderful sense of the people-centered plural worlds of Hinduism."

--Professor John Stratton Hawley, Columbia University
"Clear, deft, and beautifully proportioned, Everyday Hinduism is exactly what's been missing as a major textbook resource for an introductory course on Hinduism. I am thrilled to see it: a wish fulfilled!"."

--Professor Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University
"At last! Flueckiger's accessible introduction to contemporary Hinduism in practice could not be more welcome. This book successfully and respectfully illuminates dynamic interactions of deities, rituals, stories and ordinary people -- and promises to enhance understandings of a complex, multi-faceted religion for students from outside and inside Hindu cultural worlds.."

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