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Singing to the Jinas is a further significant landmark in Jain ethnography ... This fine book should appeal to a wide scholarly constituency: Those interested in ritual and the relationship between women and religion in South Asia in particular will find much to engage them. But, above all, it should be read as a salutary corrective by anybody tempted to think of Jainism as a religion lacking an overt devotional dimension and a poor relation amid India's rich culture of bhakti. Journal of the American Academy of Religion ... remarkably original and informative. Journal of the American Academy of Religion The most significant book-length study of Jain women to date ... Singing to the Jinas should also be of interest to any scholar who works at the intersection of religion and art. History of Religions This is a groundbreaking work on the genre of stavan and an important addition to recently published studies of Jain lay practices. It is an engaging, sensitive, and personal account of Svetambara Murtipujak laywomen's expressions of religiosity that is grounded thoroughly in Western academic theory. It should be read by everyone interested in the study of religion in South Asia, women and religion, ritual, devotional literature and devotional movements, performance theory, and musicology. The Journal of Asian Studies

Singing to the Jinas is a further significant landmark in Jain ethnography ... This fine book should appeal to a wide scholarly constituency: Those interested in ritual and the relationship between women and religion in South Asia in particular will find much to engage them. But, above all, it should be read as a salutary corrective by anybody tempted to think of Jainism as a religion lacking an overt devotional dimension and a poor relation amid India's rich culture of bhakti. Journal of the American Academy of Religion ... remarkably original and informative. Journal of the American Academy of Religion The most significant book-length study of Jain women to date ... Singing to the Jinas should also be of interest to any scholar who works at the intersection of religion and art. History of Religions This is a groundbreaking work on the genre of stavan and an important addition to recently published studies of Jain lay practices. It is an engaging, sensitive, and personal account of Svetambara Murtipujak laywomen's expressions of religiosity that is grounded thoroughly in Western academic theory. It should be read by everyone interested in the study of religion in South Asia, women and religion, ritual, devotional literature and devotional movements, performance theory, and musicology. The Journal of Asian Studies

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