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Author:   Tracy Pintchman ,  Corinne G. Dempsey
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781438459431

ISBN 10:   1438459432
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   01 December 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Tracy Pintchman 1. The Icon of Yoga: Patanjali as Nagaraja in Modern Yoga Stuart Ray Sarbacker 2. God's Eyes: The Manufacture, Installation, and Experience of External Eyes on Jain Icons John E. Cort 3. North Indian Materialities of Jesus Mathew N. Schmalz 4. Celebrating Materiality: Garbo, a Festival Image of the Goddess in Gujarat Neelima Shukla-Bhatt 5. The Goddess's Shaligrams Tracy Pintchman 6. The Camphor Flame in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction James McHugh 7. Metal Hands, Cotton Threads, and Color Flags: Materializing Islamic Devotion in South India Afsar Mohammad 8. Monastic Matters: Bowls, Robes, and the Middle Way In South Asian Theravada Buddhism Bradley Clough 9. Letting Holy Water and Coconuts Speak for Themselves: Tamil Catholicism and the Work of Selva Raj Selva J. Raj and Corinne Dempsey List of Contributors Index

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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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