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People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society.
Sommario
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translation and Transliteration
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Root Issues
- Chapter 2: Tree Worship in India
- Chapter 3: King of Trees
- Chapter 4: Abode of Ghosts and Saturn
- Chapter 5: Faces of the Goddess
- Chapter 6: Trees of Immortality
- Chapter 7: Arboreal Reflections
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes
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David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.
Riassunto
People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society.
Testo aggiuntivo
This is a positive book.
