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Zusatztext This well-documented study benefits from the increasing use of fieldwork in religious studies. Presented here is religion as it is lived rather than confined to the older, text-bound orientation of religious studies. Very well written, with little jargon, this volume is quite accessible to general, educated readers. It will also be valuable for courses in religious studies, South Asian studies, and anthropology ... Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Associate Professor of Religion, Colgate University Klappentext Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists. Zusammenfassung Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Regional Map of South India Introduction: Sacred Groves and Local Gods: Religious Environmentalism in South India Chapter 1: Fierce Gods and Dense Forest: Sacred Groves near Madurai Chapter 2: A Road Runs Through It: Changing Meanings in Malaiyali Sacred Groves in Tiruvannamalai District Chapter 3: Mixing Botany and Belief: Guardian Deities and Their Forests in the Pondicherry Region Chapter 4: Soteriology and Stake-holders: The Greening of the Auroville Plateau 1973-2007 Chapter 5: Sacrifice and Sacrality: Sacred Grove Restoration Projects Near Chennai Afterword Notes Bibliography Index ...
