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Playing Host to Deity

Paul Younger
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      The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world. Most are located at Hindu temples, but some are at Buddhist, Christian, or Islamic centers, and many involve people or symbols from more than one religious tradition. To an outside observer, the many activities of a festival may seem somewhat chaotic, but the participants see the activities as the ritual focus of adistinct religious experience, and frequently testify that it is in the activity of a festival that they find their most profound sense of religious meaning. In spite of their obvious importance in the lives of participants, these festivals have received scant scholarly attention. In this book, PaulYounger offers a fieldwork-based study of fourteen different religious festivals, shedding light on not only their religious, but also their social and political meanings.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Younger EAN: 9780195140446 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 445 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-12-20 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Hinduism / General WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      India, Religion: general, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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      The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world. Most are located at Hindu temples, but some are at Buddhist, Christian, or Islamic centers, and many involve people or symbols from more than one religious tradition. To an outside observer, the many activities of a festival may seem somewhat chaotic, but the participants see the activities as the ritual focus of adistinct religious experience, and frequently testify that it is in the activity of a festival that they find their most profound sense of religious meaning. In spite of their obvious importance in the lives of participants, these festivals have received scant scholarly attention. In this book, PaulYounger offers a fieldwork-based study of fourteen different religious festivals, shedding light on not only their religious, but also their social and political meanings.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Paul Younger EAN: 9780195140446 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 445 g HEIGHT: 243 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-12-20 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Hinduism / General WIDTH: 162 cm SPINE:

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      India, Religion: general, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

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