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Explores how objects shape the worlds of religious participants across a range of South Asian traditions.

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9781438459424

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Sacred Matters is a short collection of disparate papers, but with the help of a pithy introduction and the concluding essay they cohere remarkably well ... Sacred Matters invites perusal, and adds materially to the field. - Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies

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Tracy Pintchman is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the International Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago. Her books include The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition and Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares, both published by SUNY Press. Corinne G. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Nazareth College. She is the author of Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth: Adventures in Comparative Religion and The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple.

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