Loving Stones - Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Note on Translation and Transliteration


• Map of Mount Govardhan


• Introduction- Seduced by a Mountain


• Chapter 1- On the Slopes of Mount Govardhan: Lay of the Land


• Chapter 2- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Challenges of Difference


• Chapter 3- A God of Stone: Divine Conceptions


• Chapter 4- Honoring the King of Mountains: Embodied Worship


• Chapter 5- A Tale of Two Mountains: Idolatry Applied


• Chapter 6- Drawing Personality Out of a Stone: Techniques of Intimacy


• Chapter 7- Non-Duality, Play, and an Invitation


• Appendix


• Glossary


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. He has a broad interest in all religions, but specializes in the Hindu traditions of northern India. Much of his work has centered on the culture of Braj, a pilgrimage site long associated with Krishna. His present research interests track the relationship between religion, ecology and nature, with a focus on Hindu conceptions of and interaction with nonhuman entities.

Summary

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Additional text

... the book as a whole, is very well suited for use as an undergraduate textbook in the method and theory of the study of religion.

Product details

• Authors: David Haberman, David L. Haberman, David L. (Professor of Religious Studies Haberman, Haberman David L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780190086718
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008671-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; comparative religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Social & cultural anthropology, Hinduism, Social and cultural anthropology, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice, Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies