Tracy Pintchman

Goddess Beyond Boundaries (eBook, ePUB)

Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tracy Pintchman sheds light on the spiritual creativity and religious life of the Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan. Drawing on fifteen years of field research, Pintchman reveals how Karumariamman, the goddess honored by the temple, embodies the border-and-boundary-crossing dynamics of the lives of many of the congregants who worship at her temple, which in turn has become a site of religious innovation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190673048
• Artikelnr.: 72270736

Autorenporträt

Tracy Pintchman is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Global Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago. Her many scholarly publications include two monographs, The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition (1994) and Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik Among the Women of Benares (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration and Names
Figures
Introduction
Chapter One: Geographic Crossings/Earth
Chapter Two: Devotional Crossings/Water
Chapter Three: Material Crossings/Fire
Chapter Four: Ritual Crossings/Wind
Chapter Five: Divine Crossings/Space
Postscript: On the Parashakthi Temple as a "Diaspora" Temple
Works Cited
Index