The Goddess lives in upstate New York : breaking convention and making home at a North American Hindu temple / Corinne G. Dempsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dempsey, Corinne G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Srī Rājarājeśwarī Pītham (Rochester, N.Y.).

Rajarajeshvari (Hindu deity)--Cult--New York (State)--Rochester.

Rajarajeshvari (Hindu deity).

Spiritual life--Hinduism.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Corinne Dempsey profiles an unusual South Indian temple community in Rush, New York, outside Rochester. The temple, established by a charismatic non-Brahman Sri Lankan Tamil, stands out for its combination of orthodox ritual meticulousness and socioreligi

Contents:

Contents; Note on Transliteration; Introduction: A Temple Trip; PART I: Encounters with Divinity: Ritual Power and Miracles; 1. Temple Entryways; 2. Perspectives on Ritual Power: The Cost, Science, and Grace of Divinity; 3. Visions and Versions of the Miraculous; PART II: The Work of a Guru: Bridge Building and Boundary Breaking; 4. Maverick Guru with a Cause; 5. The Changing Faces of Temple Worship: The Young, the Women, and the Rest; 6. A Fine Balance: The Give and Take of Religious Discipline; PART III: Temple Inhabitants: Making Home in a World of Impermanence

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611197285

1-4356-1845-9

0-19-804055-5

1-281-19728-9

OCLC:

769344060