David L Haberman

People Trees

Worship of Trees in Northern India

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Produktbeschreibung

People Trees is about religious conceptions of trees within the cultural world of tree worship at the tree shrines of northern India. Sacred trees have been worshipped for millennia in India and today tree worship continues there among all segments of society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199929177
• ISBN-10: 0199929173
• Artikelnr.: 36694942

Autorenporträt

David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1: Root Issues
Chapter 2: Tree Worship in India
Chapter 3: King of Trees
Chapter 4: Abode of Ghosts and Saturn
Chapter 5: Faces of the Goddess
Chapter 6: Trees of Immortality
Chapter 7: Arboreal Reflections
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Notes