Provincial Hinduism explores intersecting religious domains of a medium-sized Indian city. Temples and Sufi shrines, the dynamics of caste and class, and specifically modern gurus and movements are described in a Hindu world that has experienced impacts of globalization but is still close to its traditional roots.
Provincial Hinduism explores intersecting religious domains of a medium-sized Indian city. Temples and Sufi shrines, the dynamics of caste and class, and specifically modern gurus and movements are described in a Hindu world that has experienced impacts of globalization but is still close to its traditional roots.
Daniel Gold grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1968. After several years in India, mostly as a Peace Corps Volunteer, he did graduate work at the University of Chicago and has taught at Vassar, Oberlin, Stanford, and Cornell, where he is now Professor of South Asian Religions. He is married to the anthropologist Ann Grodzins Gold.
Inhaltsangabe
* On Hearing the Transliteration * Introduction * Part I: A City in History with Temples and Shrines * 1. Temples in the City * 2. Sufi Shrines for Hindu Devotees * Part II: Community and Identity * 3. Living Together in a Working-Class Neighborhood: Caste, Class, and Personal Affinities * 4. Ethnic Communities and Regional Hinduisms: Maharashtrian and Sindhi * Part III: Institutions and Personalities * 5. Hindu Ways of Organized Service: Legacies of Swami Vivekananda * 6. Gurus, Disciples, and Ashrams: Beyond Radhasoami * Afterword: Personal Religious Identity in a Pluralist Society * Permissions * Acknowledgments * Notes
* On Hearing the Transliteration * Introduction * Part I: A City in History with Temples and Shrines * 1. Temples in the City * 2. Sufi Shrines for Hindu Devotees * Part II: Community and Identity * 3. Living Together in a Working-Class Neighborhood: Caste, Class, and Personal Affinities * 4. Ethnic Communities and Regional Hinduisms: Maharashtrian and Sindhi * Part III: Institutions and Personalities * 5. Hindu Ways of Organized Service: Legacies of Swami Vivekananda * 6. Gurus, Disciples, and Ashrams: Beyond Radhasoami * Afterword: Personal Religious Identity in a Pluralist Society * Permissions * Acknowledgments * Notes
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