Living our religions : Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences / [edited] by Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha ; with Shobha Hamal Gurung [and others].
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| Language: | English |
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Sterling, VA :
Kumarian Press,
2009.
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| Physical Description: | vii, 341 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha
- Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha
- The interconnecting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil
- Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur
- At the crossroads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the United States / Bidya Ranjeet
- Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
- I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal
- Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha
- Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, and boundaries / Bandana Purkayastha
- Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan
- Living Hinduism and striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao
- Mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung
- Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury
- Religion as inspiration, religion as action / Aysha Saeed
- Muslim women between dual realities / Rafia Zakaria
- Challenging the master frame through dalit organizing in the United States / Shweta Majumdar
- Interpretive intervention : religion, practices, and resistances / Anjana Narayan
- Conclusion : human rights, religion, and gender / Bandana Purkayastha.