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24 produkter
Memory of Love
Surdas Sings to Krishna
E-bok, 2009
394 kr
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No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than SÅ«rdD^=as-or SÅ«r, for short. He lived in the sixteenth century and became so influential that for centuries afterward aspiring Krishna poets signed their compositions …
Sati, the Blessing and the Curse
The Burning of Wives in India
Häftad, 1994
846 kr
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Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from …
Sati, the Blessing and the Curse
The Burning of Wives in India
E-bok, 1994
538 kr
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Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband''s funeral pyre and thus became sati . Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone …
Text and Tradition in Early Modern North India
Av Tyler Williams, Tyler Williams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
741 kr
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Early modern India-a period extending from the fifteenth to the late eighteenth century-saw dramatic cultural, religious, and political changes as it went from Sultanate to Mughal to early colonial rule. Witness to the rise of multiple literary and devotional traditions, this period was …
Memory of Love
Surdas Sings to Krishna
E-bok, 2009
394 kr
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No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than SÅ«rdD^=as-or SÅ«r, for short. He lived in the sixteenth century and became so influential that for centuries afterward aspiring Krishna poets signed their compositions …
Bhakti and Power
Debating India's Religion of the Heart
Av John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
613 kr
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Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of …
Bhakti and Power
Debating India's Religion of the Heart
Av John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2410 kr
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Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of …
Saints and Virtues
Häftad, 1987
419 kr
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This book explores a larger family of saints--those celebrated not just by Christianity but by other religious traditions of the world: Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Confucian, African, and Caribbean. The essays show how saints serve as moral exemplars in the communities that venerate them.
Devi
Goddesses of India
Av John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff
Häftad, 1996
297 kr
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The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very often means "Goddess". This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the …
Life of Hinduism
Av John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan
Häftad, 2006
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303 kr
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"The Life of Hinduism" brings together a series of essays - many recognized as classics in the field - that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly 'lived' religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the 'new India' of Bangalore, India's Silicon …
Devi
Goddesses of India
Av Donna Marie Wulff, John Stratton Hawley
E-bok, 1996
492 kr
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The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very often means "Goddess." This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the …
Life of Hinduism
Av Vasudha Narayanan, John Stratton Hawley
E-bok, 2006
520 kr
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The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays—many recognized as classics in the field—that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, …
Storm of Songs
India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement
Inbunden, 2015
592 kr
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India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The …
Into Sūr’s Ocean
Poetry, Context, and Commentary
Inbunden, 2017
843 kr
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Sur’s Ocean: Poems from the Early Tradition was published in 2015 as the fifth volume of the Murty Classical Library of India. That book contains Kenneth Bryant’s critical reconstructions of 433 poems of Surdas that circulated in the sixteenth century, when this great Hindi poet lived, and it …
Holy Tears
Weeping in the Religious Imagination
Av Kimberley Christine Patton, John Stratton Hawley
Häftad, 2005
460 kr
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What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? Holy Tears addresses this all but universal phenomenon with passion and precision, ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. Sixteen authors, including many leading voices in the study of religion, offer essays on specific …
Holy Tears
Weeping in the Religious Imagination
Av John Stratton Hawley, Kimberley Christine Patton
E-bok, 2018
642 kr
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What religion does not serve as a theater of tears? Holy Tears addresses this all but universal phenomenon with passion and precision, ranging from Mycenaean Greece up through the tragedy of 9/11. Sixteen authors, including many leading voices in the study of religion, offer essays on specific …
At Play with Krishna
Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan
Häftad, 2014
569 kr
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Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John …
Krishna, The Butter Thief
Häftad, 2014
804 kr
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The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das …
At Play with Krishna
Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan
Inbunden, 2016
2527 kr
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Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John …
Krishna, The Butter Thief
Inbunden, 2016
3358 kr
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The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das …
Krishna, The Butter Thief
E-bok, 2014
1115 kr
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The author traces the development of the theme of Krishna as butter thief from its earliest appearance in literature and art until the present. He focuses on the dramas (ras lilas) of Krishna's native Braj and on the Sur Sagar, a collection of verse attributed to the sixteenth-century poet Sur Das …
At Play with Krishna
Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan
E-bok, 2014
768 kr
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Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John …
Studying the Sikhs
Issues for North America
Av John Stratton Hawley, Gurinder Singh Mann
Häftad, 1993
393 kr
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This basic guide and resource book targets four fields-religious studies, history, world literature, and ethnic or migration studies-in which Sikhism is now receiving greater attention. The authors explain the problems of studying and interpreting Sikhism, and opportunities for integrating Sikh …
