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The Path of Desire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 281

The Path of Desire

"In the Western popular imagination, there is a singular association between Tantra and sex. But behind sensationalist stories of Tantric lovemaking lies a rich spiritual and textual tradition of which sexual union is only a small, and fiercely debated, part. In The Path of Desire, Hugh B. Urban takes us on an ethnographic journey to Assam, the heartland of Tantric practice in contemporary India, revealing the vibrant, dynamic lived tradition of Hindu Tantra. The Path of Desire expands our definition of kāma, a central concept of Tantra generally translated as "desire," to focus on mundane and worldly desires such as healing and childbearing. This more holistic notion of desire manifests itself in popular folk practice, which Urban categorizes in four forms: institutional Tantra, comprised of gurus, disciples, and esoteric rituals; public Tantra, involving offerings and temple celebrations; folk Tantra, focusing on practices of healing, protection, material wellbeing, and desire fulfillment; and pop Tantra, or how Tantra is portrayed in popular media such as paperbacks, comic books, and movies. The result is a nuanced understanding of Tantra as a diverse lived tradition"--

Urmi: Odisha Society of Americas 47th Annual Convention Souvenir
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

Urmi: Odisha Society of Americas 47th Annual Convention Souvenir

Odisha Society of Americas 47th Annual Convention Souvenir for Convention held in 2016 published as Golden Jubilee Convention July 4-7, 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey. Odisha Society of the Americas Golden Jubilee Convention will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during July 4-7, 2019. Convention website is http://www.osa2019.org. Odisha Society of the Americas website is http://www.odishasociety.org

Re-imagining South Asian Religions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 329

Re-imagining South Asian Religions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-12-07
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Re-imagining South Asian Religions is a collection of essays offering new ways of understanding aspects of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Theosophical, and Indian Christian experiences.

Sociological Perspectives on Globalisation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

Sociological Perspectives on Globalisation

The work deals with an interesting collection of essays by specialists scholars on different aspects of sociological perspectives on globalization. These essays (thirteen) in number discuss all relevant aspects of globalization at national and international level. The book will be of immense academic value to sociologists, social anthropologists, politics, cultural and ethnic studies and transnational studies.

Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-08-01
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if examined as 'sacred scriptures', represent multi-dimensional texts for the study of South Asian religions. Revealing how previous studies about Bauls mirror the history of folkloristics in Bengal, this book presents sacred songs as a precious symbolic capital for a marginalized community of dislocated and unorthodox Hindus, who consider the practice of singing in itself an integral part of the path towards self-realization.

The Origins of the World's Mythologies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 688

The Origins of the World's Mythologies

Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most of the mythologies of Eurasia and the Americas ('Laurasia').

India-ASEAN Relations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

India-ASEAN Relations

The changes in the global environment such as the demise of the socialist system, initiation of globalization, the declining position of international organizations and reduction in the importance of forums like NAM have made it imperative for India to review its old foreign policy nuances. For long, India hardly regarded the countries of Southeast Asia and South Pacific as priority areas despite the latter's cultural, political, economic and strategic significance. The long spell of mutual alienation understandably gave way to mutual distrust and suspicion. This dark period in India's relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and South Pacific was, however, brought to an end following ...

Urmi: The Journal of the Odisha Society of Americas 49th Convention
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

Urmi: The Journal of the Odisha Society of Americas 49th Convention

Orissa Society of Americas 49th Annual Convention Souvenir for Convention held in 2018 at Dearborn, Michigan re-published as Golden Jubilee Convention July 4-7, 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey commemorative edition. Odisha Society of the Americas Golden Jubilee Convention will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during July 4-7, 2019. Convention website is http://www.osa2019.org. Odisha Society of the Americas website is http://www.odishasociety.org

Water and Energy International
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1020

Water and Energy International

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 265

A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion

This book is a unique introduction to studying the philosophy of religion, drawing on a wide range of cultures and literary sources in an approach that is both methodologically innovative and expansive in its cross-cultural and multi-religious scope. Employing his expertise in interdisciplinary and Wittgenstein-influenced methods, Mikel Burley draws on works of ethnography and narrative fiction, including Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov and Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, to critically engage with existing approaches to the philosophy of religion and advocate a radical, pluralist approach. Breaking away from the standard fixation on a narrow construal of theism, topics discussed include conceptions of compassion in Buddhist ethics, cannibalism in mortuary rituals, divine possession and animal sacrifice in Hindu Goddess worship and animism in indigenous traditions. Original and engaging, Burley's synthesis of philosophical, anthropological and literary elements expands and diversifies the philosophy of religion, providing an essential introduction for anyone interested in studying the radical plurality of forms that religion takes in human life.