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  • Hindu Ritual at the Margins

    Innovations, Transformations, Reconsiderations

    Edited by Linda Penkower, Tracy Pintchman ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Religion
    Essays examining the ways in which Hindu ritual practices are reshaped on the fringes of tradition across the globeHindu Ritual at the Margins explores Hindu forms of ritual activity in a variety of "marginal" contexts. The contributors collectively examine ritual practices in diaspora; across gender, ethnic, social, and political groups; in film, text, and art; in settings where ritual itself or ... Read more

    $43.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Goddess Beyond Boundaries

    Worshipping the Eternal Mother at a North American Hindu Temple

    by Tracy Pintchman ...
    The Parashakthi Temple in Pontiac, Michigan serves as a site of worship for the Hindu goddess Karumariamman, whose origins are in South India. In her American home Karumariamman has assumed the status of Great Goddess, a tantric deity and wonder worker who communicates directly with devotees through dreams, visions, and miracles. Drawing on fifteen years of field work, Tracy Pintchman reveals how ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition

    Edited by Tracy Pintchman ...
    In this book, Tracy Pintchman has assembled ten leading scholars of Hinduism to explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's rituals and their lives beyond ritual. The book focuses particularly on the relationship of women's ritual practices to domesticity, exposing and exploring the nuances, complexities, and limits of this relationship. In many cultural and historical contexts, ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Dharma and Halacha

    Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion

    by Rachel McDermott, Daniel Polish, Tracy Pintchman, Phillipe Bornet, Aaron Gross, Purushottama Bilimoria, Paul Martin, Barbara A. Holdrege, Shoshana Razel Gordon-Guedalia, Ithamar Theodor, Thomas A. Forsthoefel1, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg2, Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber4 ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
    In recent decades there has been a rising interest among scholars of Hinduism and Judaism in engaging in the comparative studies of these ancient traditions. Academic interests have also been inspired by the rise of interreligious dialogue by the respective religious leaders. Dharma and Halacha: Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion represents a significant contribution to ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Sacred Matters

    Material Religion in South Asian Traditions

    Edited by Tracy Pintchman, Corinne G. Dempsey ...
    Explores how objects shape the worlds of religious participants across a range of South Asian traditions.Sacred Matters explores the lives of material objects in South Asian religions. Spanning a range of traditions including Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, and Christianity, the book demonstrates how sacred items influence and enliven the worlds of religious participants across South Asia and ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

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  • Dakini's Warm Breath

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  • I Am Divine. So Are You

    How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the Dignity of Queer Identities and Sexualities

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