02828nam 2200553Ia 450 991045159870332120200520144314.00-7914-8200-61-4237-8007-8(CKB)1000000000463137(SSID)ssj0000135443(PQKBManifestationID)11143494(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135443(PQKBWorkID)10058888(PQKB)11244139(MiAaPQ)EBC3407820(OCoLC)70182922(MdBmJHUP)muse6389(Au-PeEL)EBL3407820(CaPaEBR)ebr10579243(OCoLC)923409145(EXLCZ)99100000000046313720050520d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDealing with deities[electronic resource] the ritual vow in South Asia /edited by Selva J. Raj and William P. HarmanAlbany State University of New York Pressc2006xix, 287 p. ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6707-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the deal with deities--ways vows work in South Asia / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman -- "The vow": a short story / Shankarrao Kharat -- Negotiating relationships with the goddess / William P. Harman -- Shared vows, shared space, and shared deities: vow rituals among Tamil Catholics in South India / Selva J. Raj -- Religious vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan -- In the company of pirs: making vows, receiving favors at Bangladeshi Sufi shrines / Sufia Uddin -- Bara: Buddhist vows at Kataragama / Sunil Goonasekera -- Performing vows in diasporic contexts: Tamil Hindus, temples, and goddesses in Germany / Martin Baumann -- Singing a vow: devoting oneself to Shiva through song / Karen Pechilis -- Monastic vows and the Ramananda Sampraday / Ramdas Lamb -- Negotiating karma, merit, and liberation: vow-taking in the Jain tradition / M. Whitney Kelting -- Vows in the Sikh tradition / Louis E. Fenech and Pashaura Singh -- When vows fail to deliver what they promise: the case of Shyamavati / Tracy Pintchman -- Two critiques of women's vows / Jack E. Llewellyn -- Toward a typology of South Asian lay vows / Selva J. Raj and William P. Harman.VowsSouth AsiaReligious life and customsElectronic books.Vows.204/.46Raj Selva J865371Harman William P.1946-439016MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451598703321Dealing with deities2441256UNINA