Sacred Play

Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian Religions
Herausgeber: Raj, Selva J; Dempsey, Corinne G

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the significance of levity and humor in South Asian religious traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781438429809
• ISBN-10: 1438429800
• Artikelnr.: 32916656

Autorenporträt

Selva J. Raj (1952-2008) was Chair and Stanley S. Kresge Professor of Religious Studies at Albion College. His books include Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia, also published by SUNY Press, and South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. Corinne G. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is author of Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India and The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple. Together Raj and Dempsey coedited Popular Christianity in India: Riting between the Lines and Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions, both also published by SUNY Press.