{"product_id":"everyday-hinduism-isbn-9781405160117","title":"Everyday Hinduism","description":"This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces and contextualizes the rituals, festivals and everyday lived experiences of Hinduism in text and images\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes data from the author’s own extensive ethnographic fieldwork in central India (Chhattisgarh), the Deccan Plateau (Hyderabad), and South India (Tirupati)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures coverage of Hindu diasporas, including a study of the Hindu community in Atlanta, Georgia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter includes case study examples of specific topics related to the practice of Hinduism framed by introductory and contextual material\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Transliteration x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap of India xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Terms “Hindu,” “Hinduism,” and “Hindu Traditions” 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDharma: A Way of Life and Religious Tradition 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContext and Multiplicity 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic Selection and Chapter Topics 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Caste 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Families of Deities 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trimurti 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMythological and Narrative Families 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVishnu 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShiva 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevi, the Goddess 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGramadevatas, Village Deities 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemple Families 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRitual Families in Domestic Shrines 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Oral and Visual Narratives and Theologies 46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOral Performance Genres 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisual Narratives and Theologies 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerbal and Visual Together 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Does the Narrative Lie? 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ramayana Tradition Performed 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Loving and Serving God: Bhakti, Murtis, and Puja 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBhakti, Devotion 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSinging to God and the Goddess 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorshipping Deities in Material Form 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarratives of God in the Murti 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deity without Form 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes of Worshipping the Murti 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Services of Puja 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnline, Cyber Puja 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Temples, Shrines, and Pilgrimage 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemples 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSthala Puranas 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemple Architecture 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemple Worship 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShrines 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePilgrimage 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTirumala, a Southern, Pan]Indian, and Transnational Pilgrimage Site 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarsinghnath, a Sub]regional Pilgrimage Site 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Festivals 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivali: Festival of Lights 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGanesha Chaturthi: Domestic, Neighborhood, and City]Wide Celebrations 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace]Bound Festivals: Tirupati’s Gangamma Jatara 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Vrats: Ritual Vows and Women’s Auspiciousness 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemple Vrats 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Vrats 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVrat Kathas: Ritual Narratives 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo South Indian Vrat Traditions 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender and Vrats 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Samskaras: Transformative Rites of Passage 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePregnancy and Birth 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst]Year Samskaras 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpanayana and Rituals of Transition to Adulthood 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanga Pravesham: Ascending the (Dance) Stage 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeath Rituals 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Ritual Healing, Possession, and Astrology 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessing Multiple Healing Sites 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealing across Religious Boundaries 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePossession 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAstrology 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An engaging read, as a textbook as well as general resource, this book has the potential to make instructors re-envision how they teach Hinduism in the classroom.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJoyce Burkhalter Flueckiger\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Religion at Emory University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Becomes Female: Guises of a South Indian Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), \u003ci\u003eIn Amma’s Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eGender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). \u003cp\u003e“Clear, deft, and beautifully proportioned, Everyday Hinduism is exactly what’s been missing as a major textbook resource for an introductory course on Hinduism. I am thrilled to see it: a wish fulfilled!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Stratton Hawley\u003c\/b\u003e, Columbia University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“At last! Flueckiger’s accessible introduction to contemporary Hinduism in practice could not be more welcome. This book successfully and respectfully illuminates dynamic interactions of deities, rituals, stories, and ordinary people – and promises to enhance understandings of a complex, multi-faceted religion for students from outside and inside Hindu cultural worlds.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Grodzins Gold\u003c\/b\u003e, Syracuse University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new introductory textbook provides a refreshingly innovative introduction to Hinduism through an exploration of its contemporary, everyday practice. Taking as its starting point the ways in which Hindus experience their own religion, the book discusses the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism, illustrating their importance and diversity through numerous examples and images of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on her own extensive fieldwork, the author discusses rituals, festivals, and traditions in text and images. Each chapter includes introductory and contextual information on specific topics related to the practice of Hinduism that serve as a frame for detailed, real-life examples, including the Divali festival, the upanayana rite of passage, and the Ramayana tradition. Beautifully and engagingly written, this detailed guide will be an essential resource for anyone studying, teaching, or interested in better understanding Hinduism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Flueckiger draws on her wide-ranging ethnographic work to vividly illustrate and critically appreciate the stories, rituals, and materials of an ancient, complex, and continuously evolving tradition and invites readers to engage both the past and the modern in fresh and respectful ways. Imaginatively conceptualized, sensitive to variation, context and change, and beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eEveryday Hinduism\u003c\/i\u003e evokes a wonderful sense of the people-centered plural worlds of Hinduism.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLeela Prasad, Duke University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Clear, deft, and beautifully proportioned, \u003ci\u003eEveryday Hinduism\u003c\/i\u003e is exactly what’s been missing as a major textbook resource for an introductory course on Hinduism. I am thrilled to see it: a wish fulfilled!\".\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eProfessor John Stratton Hawley, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At last! Flueckiger's accessible introduction to contemporary Hinduism in practice could not be more welcome. This book successfully and respectfully illuminates dynamic interactions of deities, rituals, stories and ordinary people — and promises to enhance understandings of a complex, multi-faceted religion for students from outside and inside Hindu cultural worlds..\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eProfessor Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989173911781,"sku":"NP9781405160117","price":91.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405160117.jpg?v=1761783089","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/everyday-hinduism-isbn-9781405160117","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}