Dealing with deities : the ritual vow in South Asia / edited by Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raj, Selva J.

Harman, William P., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vows.

South Asia--Religious life and customs.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

xix, 287 p. : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the practice of taking ritual vows in South Asia, a lay tradition prevalent in the region's religions.

Contents:

Introduction: the deal with deities

ways vows work in South Asia / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman

"The vow": a short story / Shankarrao Kharat

Negotiating relationships with the goddess / William P. Harman

Shared vows, shared space, and shared deities: vow rituals among Tamil Catholics in South India / Selva J. Raj

Religious vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan

In the company of pirs: making vows, receiving favors at Bangladeshi Sufi shrines / Sufia Uddin

Bara: Buddhist vows at Kataragama / Sunil Goonasekera

Performing vows in diasporic contexts: Tamil Hindus, temples, and goddesses in Germany / Martin Baumann

Singing a vow: devoting oneself to Shiva through song / Karen Pechilis

Monastic vows and the Ramananda Sampraday / Ramdas Lamb

Negotiating karma, merit, and liberation: vow-taking in the Jain tradition / M. Whitney Kelting

Vows in the Sikh tradition / Louis E. Fenech and Pashaura Singh

When vows fail to deliver what they promise: the case of Shyamavati / Tracy Pintchman

Two critiques of women's vows / Jack E. Llewellyn

Toward a typology of South Asian lay vows / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791482001

0791482006

9781423780076

1423780078

OCLC:

70182922