Everyday Hinduism E-Book

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Serie: Lived Religions
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 375

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

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 images
• Includes 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, Georgia
• Each chapter includes case study examples of specific topics related to the practice of Hinduism framed by introductory and contextual material

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Cover

Title page

Acknowledgements

A Note on Transliteration

Map of India

Introduction

The Terms “Hindu,” “Hinduism,” and “Hindu Traditions”

Dharma

: A Way of Life and Religious Tradition

Context and Multiplicity

Ethnographic Selection and Chapter Topics

References

Recommended Readings

A Note on Caste

Reference

Recommended Readings

Map of India

1 Families of Deities

The Trimurti

Mythological and Narrative Families

Temple Families

Ritual Families in Domestic Shrines

References

Recommended Readings

2 Oral and Visual Narratives and Theologies

Oral Performance Genres

Visual Narratives and Theologies

Verbal and Visual Together

Where Does the Narrative Lie?

The Ramayana Tradition Performed

References

Recommended Readings

3 Loving and Serving God: Bhakti, Murtis, and Puja

Bhakti

, Devotion

Singing to God and the Goddess

Worshipping Deities in Material Form

Narratives of God in the

Murti

The Deity without Form

Modes of Worshipping the

Murti

The Services of

Puja

Online, Cyber

Puja

References

Recommended Readings

4 Temples, Shrines, and Pilgrimage

Temples

Sthala Puranas

Temple Architecture

Temple Worship

Shrines

Pilgrimage

Tirumala, a Southern, Pan-Indian, and Transnational Pilgrimage Site

Narsinghnath, a Sub-regional Pilgrimage Site

References

Recommended Readings

5 Festivals

Divali: Festival of Lights

Ganesha Chaturthi: Domestic, Neighborhood, and City-Wide Celebrations

Place-Bound Festivals: Tirupati’s Gangamma Jatara

References

Recommended Readings

6

Vrats

: Ritual Vows and Women’s Auspiciousness

Temple

Vrats

Domestic

Vrats