Kali in Bengali Lives - Narratives of Religious Experience

In Kali in Bengali Lives, Suchitra Samanta examines personal narratives of Kali devotion in Bangladesh. These personal experiences, including miraculous encounters, reflect on broader understandings of divine power and transformations of the self.

List of contents

Part I: Framing Religious Experience in Theory and Indigenous Belief
Chapter 1: Interpreting Kali: A History and Western Perspectives
Chapter 2: Indigenous Epistemology: Relevatory Knowledge as Valid
Chapter 3: On Narrative: Autobiographical Recollection, Interpreting the Miraculous Experience
Part II: Narratives of Experience
Chapter 4: The Guru as Conduit for Kali/Sakti, Disciples' Experiences
Chapter 5: Alokebabu, Kali's Devotee: A Guru as His Disciples See Him
Chapter 6: Bani's Many Gurus: Her Spiritual Journey to "Receiving" Kali
Chapter 7: Devotional Practices and Experiences
Chapter 8: Sacrificial Offerings to Kali, Experiences of Well-Being and Calamity
Conclusion

About the author

Suchitra Samanta is associate professor, collegiate faculty at Virginia Tech.

Summary

In Kali in Bengali Lives, Suchitra Samanta examines personal narratives of Kali devotion in Bangladesh. These personal experiences, including miraculous encounters, reflect on broader understandings of divine power and transformations of the self.

Product details

• Authors: Suchitra Samanta, Samanta Suchitra
• Assisted by: McKinnon Susan (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781793646330
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-633-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Bangladesh, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Hinduism, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies