This volume brings together eleven case studies by an international team of anthropologists and ethno-Indologists of Nepal on diverse topics such as secularism, individualism, shamanism, animal sacrifice, the role of state functionaries in festivals, clashes and synergies between Maoism and Buddhism, and conversion to Christianity.
This volume brings together eleven case studies by an international team of anthropologists and ethno-Indologists of Nepal on diverse topics such as secularism, individualism, shamanism, animal sacrifice, the role of state functionaries in festivals, clashes and synergies between Maoism and Buddhism, and conversion to Christianity.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David N. Gellner, Professor of Social Anthropology and Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, Sondra L. Hausner, Professor of Anthropology of Religion and Fellow of St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, and Chiara Letizia, Professor of South Asian Religions, University of Quebec in Montreal.
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* Lists of Tables and Figures * Preface * 1: Introduction: Religion and Identities in Post-Panchayat Nepal - David N. Gellner and Chiara Letizia * Part 1: Contrasting Urban and Rural Views: Secularism, Individualism, and Blood Sacrifice * 2: Ideas of Secularism in Contemporary Nepal - Chiara Letizia * 3: 'When Gods Return to their Homeland in the Himalayas': Maoism, Religion, and Change in the Model Village of Thabang, mid-Western Nepal - Ina Zharkevich * 4: Neither Statues nor Ritual: An Analysis of New Religious Movements and Therapists in Nepal - Gérard Toffin * 5: 'Living Goddesses Everywhere?' On the Possession of Women by the Goddess Bhagavati in Some Mountain Villages of Eastern Nepal - Pustak Ghimire * 6: Blood Sacrifice in Nepal: Transformations and Criticism - Axel Michaels * 7: Ancestor Worship and Sacrifice: Debates over Bahun-Chhetri Clan Rituals (kul puja) in Nepal - Krishna P. Adhikari and David N. Gellner * Part 2: Ethnic Traditions Confront a Changing State and Society * 8: State Rituals in a Secular State? Replacing the Nepalese King in the Pacali Bhairava Sword Procession and other Rituals - Astrid Zotter * 9: Tamang Lhochhar and the New Nepal - David Holmberg * 10: Redefining Kiranti Religion in Contemporary Nepal - Martin Gaenszle * 11: Confrontations between Maoists and Buddhists in Nepal: Historical Continuities, Flux, and Transformations in Collective Myth and Practice - Brigitte Steinmann * 12: Tamang Christians and the Resituating of Religious Difference - Ben Campbell * Afterword: Nepalese Secularism in Comparative Perspective by Rajeev Bhargava * Glossary * Notes on Editors and Contributors * Index
* Lists of Tables and Figures * Preface * 1: Introduction: Religion and Identities in Post-Panchayat Nepal - David N. Gellner and Chiara Letizia * Part 1: Contrasting Urban and Rural Views: Secularism, Individualism, and Blood Sacrifice * 2: Ideas of Secularism in Contemporary Nepal - Chiara Letizia * 3: 'When Gods Return to their Homeland in the Himalayas': Maoism, Religion, and Change in the Model Village of Thabang, mid-Western Nepal - Ina Zharkevich * 4: Neither Statues nor Ritual: An Analysis of New Religious Movements and Therapists in Nepal - Gérard Toffin * 5: 'Living Goddesses Everywhere?' On the Possession of Women by the Goddess Bhagavati in Some Mountain Villages of Eastern Nepal - Pustak Ghimire * 6: Blood Sacrifice in Nepal: Transformations and Criticism - Axel Michaels * 7: Ancestor Worship and Sacrifice: Debates over Bahun-Chhetri Clan Rituals (kul puja) in Nepal - Krishna P. Adhikari and David N. Gellner * Part 2: Ethnic Traditions Confront a Changing State and Society * 8: State Rituals in a Secular State? Replacing the Nepalese King in the Pacali Bhairava Sword Procession and other Rituals - Astrid Zotter * 9: Tamang Lhochhar and the New Nepal - David Holmberg * 10: Redefining Kiranti Religion in Contemporary Nepal - Martin Gaenszle * 11: Confrontations between Maoists and Buddhists in Nepal: Historical Continuities, Flux, and Transformations in Collective Myth and Practice - Brigitte Steinmann * 12: Tamang Christians and the Resituating of Religious Difference - Ben Campbell * Afterword: Nepalese Secularism in Comparative Perspective by Rajeev Bhargava * Glossary * Notes on Editors and Contributors * Index
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