Everyday Hinduism / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

"This new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
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Physical Description:xi, 244 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: -- The terms "Hindu," "Hinduism," and "Hindu traditions" ; Dharma: a way of life and religious tradition ; Context and multiplicity ; Ethnographic selection and chapter topics -- A note on Caste -- 1. Families of deities: -- The Trimurti ; Mythological and narrative families ; Vishnu ; Shiva ; Devi, the goddess ; Gramadevatas, village deities ;Temple families ; Ritual families in domestic shrines -- 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 -- 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 -- 4. Temples, shrines, and pilgrimage: -- Temples ; Sthala Puranas ; Temple architecture ; Temple worship ; Shrines ; Pilgrimage ; Tirumala, a southern, pan-Indian, and transnational pilgrimage site ; Narshinghnath, a sub-regional pilgrimage site -- 5. Festivals: -- Divali: festival of lights ; Ganesha Chaturthi: domestic neighborhood, and city-wide celebrations ; Place-bound festivals: Tirupati's Gangamma Jatara -- 6. Vrats: ritual vows and women's auspiciousness: -- Temple Vrats ; Domestic Vrats ; Vrat Kathas: ritual narratives ; Two south Indian Vrat traditions ; Gender and Vrats -- 7. Samskaras: transformative rites of passage: -- Pregnancy and birth ; First-year Samskaras ; Upanayana and rituals of transition to adulthood ; Ranga Pravesham: ascending the (dance) stage ; Marriage ; Death rituals -- 8. Ritual healing, possession, and astrology: -- Accessing multiple healing sites ; Healing across religious boundaries ; Possession ; Astrology. 
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