Religion : Hinduism

This book is an indispensable resource for students and researchers wishing to develop a deeper understanding of one of the world's oldest and most multifaceted religious traditions. more...

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This book, an anthology of previously published writing about Michal together with some new and original essays, is something of an experiment. Its purpose is to provide reders with raw materials for developing their own reading of the Michal story. It does not offer a unified portrait of this biblical character, but rather invites readers to form their own assessment interactively with these readings of the Michal story. At the same time, this book presents some systematic guidance for coping with these divergent interpretations of the complex and tantalizing figure of Michal. more...

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Attaining Oneness With The Eternal. An ancient text with a message for times and places, and a lesson for all seekers of wisdom and truth. Beyond the senses lie the objects, say the sages, beyond the objects lies the mind, beyond the mind is the intellect, beyond the intellect is the great Atman. The oneness of Soul and God lies at the very root of all Vedic thought, and the message of the Upanishads is how to attain that oneness. more...

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A collection of five lectures by Swami Abhedananda on Reincarnation. Included are I. Reincarnation, II. Heredity and Reincarnation, III. Evolution and Reincarnation, IV. Which is Science, Ressurection or Reincarnation, and V. Theory of Transmigration. more...

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Veins of Devotion tells the story of recent remarkable collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. Focusing primarily on Delhi, Jacob Copeman carefully situates blood donation practices within the context of religious gift-giving, sacrifice, caste, kinship, and nationalism. The book analyzes the operations of several high-profile religious orders that organize large-scale public blood-giving events and argues that blood donation has become a site not only of frenetic competition between different devotional movements, but also of intense spiritual creativity. Despite significant tensions between blood banks and these religious groups, their collaboration is a singular success story—the nation’s blood supply is replenished while blood donors discover new devotional possibilities. Drawing on the rich tradition of South Asianist scholarship, while also engaging with recent innovations in social theory, Veins of Devotion represents a striking and original contribution to the anthropology of South Asia and to medical anthropology and religious studies more generally. more...

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