Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds

Broadens the parameters of religious studies by accounting for material acts that help shape religious worlds.

About the author

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger is Professor of Religion at Emory University. She is the author of several books, including Everyday Hinduism; When the World Becomes Female: Guises of a South Indian Goddess; and In Amma's Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, Flueckiger Joyce Burkhalter
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781438480121
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8012-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: SUNY series in Hindu Studies; Suny Hindu Studies; SUNY Press Open Access
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Folklore, myths & legends, Social and cultural anthropology, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)