This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice.Introduces and contextualizes the rituals, festivals and everyday lived experiences of Hinduism in text and imagesIncludes data from the author’s own extensive ethnographic fieldwork in central India (Chhattisgarh), the Deccan Plateau (Hyderabad), and South India (Tirupati)Features coverage of Hindu diasporas, including a study of the Hindu community in Atlanta, GeorgiaEach chapter includes case study examples of specific topics related to the practice of Hinduism framed by introductory and contextual material INDICE: AcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationChapter 1. IntroductionThe Terms Hindu and HinduismDharma: A Way of Life and Religious TraditionContext and MultiplicityEthnographic Selection and Chapter TopicsA Note on CasteChapter 2. Families of DeitiesThe TrimurtiMythological and Narrative FamiliesTemple FamiliesRitual Families in Domestic Shrines and Puja ShelvesChapter 3. Oral & Visual Narratives and TheologiesOral Performance GenresVisual Narratives & TheologiesOral and Visual TogetherWhere Does the Narrative Lie?The Ramayana Tradition Visually and Narratively PerformedChapter 4. Loving and Serving God: Bhakti, Murtis, and PujaBhakti, DevotionSinging to God/dess: Bhajans and KirtanWorshipping Deities in Material FormNarratives of God in the MurtiThe Deity without FormModes of Worshipping the MurtiThe Services of PujaOnline, Cyber PujaChapter 5. Temples, Shrines, and PilgrimageTemplesSthala puranasTemple ArchitectureTemple WorshipShrinesPilgrimagesTirumala, a Southern, Pan–Indian, and Transnational Pilgrimage SiteNrasinghnath, a Sub–Regional Pilgrimage SiteChapter 6. FestivalsDivali: Festival of LightsGanesh Chaturthi: Domestic, Neighborhood, and City–wide CelebrationsPlace–bound Festivals: Tirupati s Gangamma JataraChapter 7. Vrats: Vow Rituals and Women?s AuspiciousnessTemple vratsDomestic vratsVrat Kathas: Ritual NarrativesTwo South Indian Vrat TraditionsGender and VratsChapter 8. Samskaras: Transformative Rites of PassagePregnancy and BirthFirst–year SamskarasUpanayana and Rituals of Transition to AdulthoodRanga Pravesham: Ascending the Dance StageMarriageDeath RitualsChapter 9. Ritual Healing, Possession, and AstrologyAccessing Multiple Healing SitesHealing Across Religious BoundariesPossessionAstrologyAfterwordGlossaryIndex
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-6011-7
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés