Between Jerusalem and Benares - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Jerusalem and Benares write by Hananya Goodman. This book was released on 2016-03-22. Between Jerusalem and Benares available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book stands at the crossroads between Jerusalem and Benares and opens a long awaited conversation between two ancient religious traditions. It represents the first serious attempt by a group of eminent scholars of Judaic and Indian studies to take seriously the cross-cultural resonances among the Judaic and Hindu traditions. The essays in the first part of the volume explore the historical connections and influences between the two traditions, including evidence of borrowed elements and the adaptation of Jewish Indian communities to Hindu culture. The essays in the second part focus primarily on resonances between particular conceptual complexes and practices in the two traditions, including comparative analyses of representations of Veda and Torah, legal formulations of dharma and halakhah, and conceptions of union with the Divine in Hindu Tantra and Kabbalah.
The World of the Banaras Weaver
The World of the Banaras Weaver - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World of the Banaras Weaver write by Vasanthi Raman. This book was released on 2019-08-05. The World of the Banaras Weaver available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a fascinating investigation into how communalism plays out in everyday India. Using the metaphor of tana-bana – the warp and the weft of the Banarasi sari – the author reproduces the interwoven life of Hindu-Muslim relations in the Banarasi sari industry. As the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh takes the centre stage as the site of this ethnographic study, the author documents the dissonance in representations of Banaras as a sacred Hindu city and its essential plural character. The volume • examines in-depth the lives of Banaras Muslims in the social and economic matrix of the sari industry; • highlights how women negotiate between home, family and their place in the artisanal industry; and • sheds light on their fast-changing world of the Banaras weavers and their responses to it. With a new introduction and fresh data, the second edition looks at the subsequent developments in the weaving industry over the last decade. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of social anthropology, gender studies, development studies, sociology and South Asian studies.
The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism
The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism write by Alon Goshen-Gottstein. This book was released on 2017-08-01. The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hinduism has become a vital 'other' for Judaism over the past decades. The book surveys the history of the relationship from historical to contemporary times, from travellers to religious leadership. It explores the potential enrichment for Jewish theology and spirituality, as well as the challenges for Jewish identity.
Rituals in Interreligious Dialogue
Rituals in Interreligious Dialogue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rituals in Interreligious Dialogue write by Marcel Poorthuis. This book was released on 2020-04-30. Rituals in Interreligious Dialogue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rituals are back on stage today. Until recently, they were regarded as an obsolete and even incomprehensible part of religions, relegated to the background while ethics and spirituality attracted more focus. However, the realisation is growing that rituals represent the treasure of religious memory. They connect the human being to the past and to the community that surrounds her or him. However, what happens to rituals when different religions meet? This book shows that a great deal can be learned by taking rituals seriously. This holds good for the rich treasure of rituals within religions such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. Only by recognizing these treasures can new possibilities for rituals in interreligious encounters be explored.
The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies
The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies write by Lucinda Mosher. This book was released on 2022-06-01. The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies provides fifty thought-provoking chapters on the field’s unique history, priorities, challenges, pedagogies, and practical applications, written by an international roster of experts and practitioners across religious traditions. This will serve as a valuable reference to students in the field.
