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Informationen zum Autor T. N. Madan is Honorary Professor at Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, Delhi. Klappentext This well-structured and organized collection of readings examines different facets of religion and religious life in India from ethnographic and historical perspectives. The second edition includes a new Appendix with a comparative regional perspective, and a new Preface. Zusammenfassung Religion occupies an important place in both the private and public domains in India. This volume is a collection of essays on India's major religions as practised in everyday life. It approaches religion from the perspectives of ethnography and history. It takes stock of traditions, culture, history, and politics of India's faiths. The readings explore sacred places and performances, bonding, mediators and thinkers, charisma, spiritual power and innovation, which are significant components of cultural traditions as well. Beginning with the concept of the sacred defined by its otherness, the book proceeds to explore how the hiatus that otherness creates may overcome by bonding via piety and passion. The process of overcoming separation, or bonding, is universally facilitated by mediators of one kind or another, such as magicians, spiritual masters, or martyrs. Traditions are constructed, preserved, and transmitted in a number of ways that include the oral narrative and the literary text. This does not mean, however, that religious traditions are static. They, in fact, grow gradually and sometimes change radically. The dominant themes dealt with here include those of death, food, worship and devotion, spiritual masters, martyrs, and dharma.The second edition includes a new Appendix with a comparative regional perspective, and a new Preface. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to Second Edition Preface Introduction: India's Religions: Plurality and Pluralism T. N. Madan; Section I: Setting Apart: Sacred Places and Performances (Prefatory Remarks) 1: The Eucharist in a Syrian Christian Church, Susan Visvanathan 2: The Food Area in a Hindu Home, R. S. Khare 3: Death and Cosmogony in Kashi, Jonathan P. Parry Section II: Bonding Together: Piety and Passion 4: Hindu Worship, C. J. Fuller 5: Virashaiva Devotion, A. K. Ramanujan 6: Faith and Suffering in Shia Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed Section III: Mediations: Charisma and Spiritual Power 7: Jain Monks, Lawrence A. Babb 8: Muslim Spiritual Masters, Desiderio Pinto 9: Sikh Martyrs, Louis E. Fenech Section IV: Traditions: Oral Narratives and Canonical Texts 10: Folklore, Viramma, Josiane Racine and Jean-Luc Racine 11: Dharma, Gavin Flood 12: The Khalsa Rahit, W. H. McLeod Section V: Innovations: Religious Creativity and Social Change 13: The Kabir-Panth, David N. Lorenzen 14: The Ramakrishna Mission, Krishna Prakash Gupta 15: Ambedkar's Buddhism, Martin Fuchs Section VI: Intertwinements: Religion, Society, and Politics 16: The South Indian Temple: Authority, Honour, and Redistribution, Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge 17: Church and Community in Goa, Rowena Robinson 18: Religious Devotion and Politics at Hazratbal in Kashmir, Muhammad Ishaq Khan Epilogue: Religion in India: An Essay in Interpretation Appendix: Inclusion and Exclusion in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Notes on Contributors Index ...
