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The Goddess lives in upstate New York: breaking convention and making home at a North American Hindu temple

Corinne G. Dempsey 2006 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780195187304 (paper)
  • 9780199784547 (ebook)
  • 9780195187298 (hardcover)
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  • Religion
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Note on Transliteration (page xiii)
  • Introduction: A Temple Trip (page 3)
  • PART I Encounters with Divinity: Ritual Power and Miracles
    • 1. Temple Entryways (page 15)
    • 2. Perspectives on Ritual Power: The Cost, Science, and Grace of Divinity (page 33)
    • 3. Visions and Versions of the Miraculous (page 57)
  • PART II The Work of a Guru: Bridge Building and Boundary Breaking
    • 4. Maverick Guru with a Cause (page 83)
    • 5. The Changing Faces of Temple Worship: The Young, the Women, and the Rest (page 105)
    • 6. A Fine Balance: The Give and Take of Religious Discipline (page 129)
  • PART III Temple Inhabitants: Making Home in a World of Impermanence
    • 7. Grounding the Sacred: Traveling Deities and Sanctified Terrain (page 149)
    • 8. Expanding Turf for Racial and Religious Others (page 169)
    • 9. Making Home at the Śrī Rājarājeśwarī Pīṭham (page 191)
    • Conclusion: A Good Place to Start (page 209)
  • Glossary (page 215)
  • Notes (page 221)
  • Bibliography (page 245)
  • Index (page 255)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAS 68.4 (Nov. 2009): 1331-1333 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619918
JSSR 45.4 (Dec. 2006): 627-628 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4621944
JR 88.1 (Jan. 2008): 141-143 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526387
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