Routledge South Asian Religion Series
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site: Bodh Gaya Jataka
1st Edition
Edited
By David Geary, Matthew Sayers, Abhishek Singh Amar
September 11, 2014
Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion – to highlight their ...
Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing
1st Edition
Edited
By Fabrizio Ferrari
February 25, 2014
Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in...
Parsis in India and the Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By John Hinnells, Julian Williams
February 21, 2012
The Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. As pioneers in education in nineteenth century India, and as leading figures in banking and commerce, medicine, law and journalism, they were at the forefront of India's industrial ...
Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism
1st Edition
Edited
By Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens, Rajaram Hegde
September 14, 2011
This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as ...
South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora
1st Edition
Edited
By Knut A. Jacobsen
April 29, 2009
Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. Processions are central not only in Hinduism, but also Islam, Christianity, Jainism and Sikhism, which have large procession rituals. The last years have seen an increase in processions and ritualizations of space both ...
Hindu Selves in a Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission
1st Edition
By Maya Warrier
January 21, 2005
This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular ...