Hindu Gods in an American Landscape
Changing Perceptions of Indian Sacred Images in the Global Age
Seiten
2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9944-1 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9944-1 (ISBN)
Explores changes in perception of Hindu icons in the United States where second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted American attitudes toward sacred objects. The text describes the traditional path in India where Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process. It also explores the origins of western attitudes toward sacred objects as symbolic.
Hindu Images in the Global Age explores changes in perception of Hindu icons in the United States where second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted American attitudes toward sacred objects. Viewing them as symbolic, rather than as actual presence of the deity, this change marks an important transition in Hindu attitudes. The text describes the traditional path in India where Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests. It also explores the origins of western attitudes toward sacred objects as symbolic. Both perceptions now co-exist in a western globalized world in the United States in a complex layering of attitudes.
Hindu Images in the Global Age explores changes in perception of Hindu icons in the United States where second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted American attitudes toward sacred objects. Viewing them as symbolic, rather than as actual presence of the deity, this change marks an important transition in Hindu attitudes. The text describes the traditional path in India where Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests. It also explores the origins of western attitudes toward sacred objects as symbolic. Both perceptions now co-exist in a western globalized world in the United States in a complex layering of attitudes.
E. Allen Richardson is a professor of religious studies at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgmentsviii
Explanation of Diacritical Marks
Introduction
One: Globalization and Shifting Cultural Trajectories of Hindu Sacred Objects
Two: Bringing God to Life: The Trajectory of Presence and Ritual Production
Three: Imagining God: The Trajectory of Sacred Objects as Symbols
Four: Putting God on Display: Interpreting Hindu Image Through the Lens of Art, Symbolism and Meaning
Five: Transnational Hinduism and Shifting Trajectories
Glossary
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 photographs |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 313 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9944-3 / 0786499443 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9944-1 / 9780786499441 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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