Dealing with Deities - 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 Dealing with Deities write by Selva J. Raj. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Dealing with Deities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on original field research, Dealing with Deities explores the practice of taking ritual vows in the lives of ordinary religious practitioners in South Asia. The cornerstone of lay religious activity, vow rituals are adopted by Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs who wish to commit themselves to ritually enacted relationships with sacred figures in order to gain earthly boons and spiritual merit. The contributors to this volume offer a fascinating look at the varieties and complexities of vows and also focus on a unique characteristic of this vow-taking culture, that of resorting to deities and shrines of other religions in defiance of institutional directives and religious boundaries. Richly illustrated, the book explores the creativity of South Asian devotees and their deeply felt convictions that what they require, they can achieve faithfully—and independently—by dealing directly with deities.
Dealing with Dieties
Dealing with Dieties - 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 Dealing with Dieties write by Raven Kaldera. This book was released on 2012. Dealing with Dieties available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Hekate
Hekate - 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 Hekate write by Sorita D'Este. This book was released on 2010. Hekate available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of devotional essays on working with Hekate.
Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses
Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses - 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 Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses write by Michael Jordan. This book was released on 2014-05-14. Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents brief entries describing the gods and goddesses from the mythology and religion of a wide variety of cultures throughout history.
Pagan Theology
Pagan Theology - 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 Pagan Theology write by Michael York. This book was released on 2005-04. Pagan Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Pagan Theology, Michael York situates Paganism—one of the fastest-growing spiritual orientations in the West—as a world religion. He provides an introduction to, and expansion of, the concept of Paganism and provides an overview of Paganism's theological perspective and practice. He demonstrates it to be a viable and distinguishable spiritual perspective found around the world today in such forms as Chinese folk religion, Shinto, tribal religions, and neo-Paganism in the West. While adherents to many of these traditions do not use the word “pagan” to describe their beliefs or practices, York contends that there is an identifiable position possessing characteristics and understandings in common for which the label “pagan” is appropriate. After outlining these characteristics, he examines many of the world's major religions to explore religious behaviors in other religions which are not themselves pagan, but which have pagan elements. In the course of examining such behavior, York provides rich and lively descriptions of religions in action, including Buddhism and Hinduism. Pagan Theology claims Paganism’s place as a world religion, situating it as a religion, a behavior, and a theology.
