Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions (eBook, ePUB)

Forms, Practices and Meanings
Redaktion: Jacobsen, Knut A.; Myrvold, Kristina; Aktor, Mikael

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Objects of worship are one aspect of the material dimension of lived religion in South Asia. The omnipresence of objects of worship and their use is one of the themes that cut across the religious traditions in the pluralistic religious culture of the region. Power becomes manifest in these objects and for the devotees the objects of worship may represent power regardless of religious identity. This book looks at how these objects dominate the religious landscape of South Asia, and how they are of significance not just to the religious but also the social life of the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317675945
• Artikelnr.: 41502539

Autorenporträt

Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is author and editor of around thirty books and numerous articles and is the founding editor in chief of the six volume Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009-2014). Mikael Aktor is Associate Professor of Study of Religions at University of Southern Denmark. His publications include Ritualisation and Segregation: The Untouchability Complex in Indian dharma literature with special reference to Par¿¿arasm¿ti and Par¿¿aram¿dhav¿ya (2008). Kristina Myrvold is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Cultural Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden. She has published several articles on Sikh practices in Sweden and in India, and is the editor of publications such as Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices Among European Sikhs (with Knut A. Jacobsen, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The
ivali
ga Between Artifact and Nature: The Gh
e
varali
ga in Varanasi and the B
ali
gas from the Narmada River Chapter 2: Jh
k
s: "Living Images" as Objects of Worship in Himachal Pradesh Chapter 3: The Material Culture of S
khya: Kapila as Object of Worship Chapter 4: Yantras as Objects of Worship in Hindu and Tantric Traditions Materiality, Aesthetics, and Practice Chapter 5: Wheel of the Liberated: Jain Siddhacakras, Past and Present Chapter 6: Object of Worship as a Free Choice: Vi
hob
(god), Dñy
ne
var (saint), the Dñy
ne
var
(book), or Sam
dh
(grave)? Chapter 7: Architectural Heritage and Modern Rituals: The Ahmad Shah Bahmani Mausoleum between Old Political Concerns and New Religious Perceptions Chapter 8: L
l Beg Underground: The Passing of an "Untouchable" God Chapter 9: Making the Book a Living Guru: Ritual Practices Among Contemporary Sikhs Chapter 10: Worshipping the Sword: The Practice of
star P
j
in the Sikh Warrior Tradition Chapter 11: Rites of Reverence, Ways of Worship: The Bodhi Tree in Bodhgay
as a Material Object and Focus of Devotion