Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage CentreBloomsbury Academic, 1988 - 310 pages A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. |
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Page 45
... religion and culture of complex peasant societies made by Clifford Geertz ; I do so to clarify my own theoretical and methodological perspective . Clifford Geertz is probably one of the most influential anthrop- ologists at present ...
... religion and culture of complex peasant societies made by Clifford Geertz ; I do so to clarify my own theoretical and methodological perspective . Clifford Geertz is probably one of the most influential anthrop- ologists at present ...
Page 46
... religion and culture make up an a priori system of meaning . According to Asad , Geertz omits the crucial dimension of power by evading the question of how power creates religion : what are the historical conditions ( movements ...
... religion and culture make up an a priori system of meaning . According to Asad , Geertz omits the crucial dimension of power by evading the question of how power creates religion : what are the historical conditions ( movements ...
Page 268
... religion sanātan dharm , the eternal religion . The believers assert that it has neither beginning nor end . Those who wish to study their religion , they argue , would do well to rid themselves of the typical western notions of ' time ...
... religion sanātan dharm , the eternal religion . The believers assert that it has neither beginning nor end . Those who wish to study their religion , they argue , would do well to rid themselves of the typical western notions of ' time ...
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Sarayu and the ghats | 9 |
The presence of | 18 |
The conjunction of time and place | 28 |
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