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Hindu gods in an American landscape : changing perceptions of Indian sacred images in the global age / E. Allen Richardson.
Van Pelt Library BL1215.S9 R53 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richardson, E. Allen, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu symbolism.
- Hindu sculpture.
- Hindu gods.
- Idols and images.
- Hinduism--United States.
- Hinduism.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests, becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786499443
- 9780786499441
- OCLC:
- 1013170685
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