The life of Hinduism (University of California Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The experience : approaching God / Stephen P. Huyler -- The Deity : the image of God / Diana L. Eck -- The miraculous : the birth of a shrine / Shrivatsa Goswami and Margaret H. Case -- Marriage : women in India / Doranne Jacobson -- Death beyond death : the ochre robe / Agehananda Bharati -- Divali : the festival of lights / Om Lata Bahadur -- Holi : the feast of love / McKim Marriott -- An open-air Ramayana : Ramlila, the audience experience / Linda Hess -- A Ramayana on air : "all in the (Raghu) family" : a video epic in cultural context / Philip Lutgendorf -- Possession by Durga : the Mother who possesses / Kathleen M. Erndl -- Anandamayi Ma : God came as a woman / Lisa Lassell Hallstrom -- Radhasoami : the healing offer / Sudhir Kakar -- A dalit poet-saint : Ravidas / John Stratton Hawley, with Mark Juergensmeyer -- A Brahmin woman : revenge herself / Lalitambika Antarjanam -- Hinduism in Pittsburgh : creating the South Indian "Hindu" experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan -- A diasporic Hindu creed : some basic features of Hinduism / Sitansu S. Chakravarti -- Militant Hinduism : Ayodhya and the momentum of Hindu nationalism / John Stratton Hawley -- Tolerant Hinduism : shared ritual spaces : Hindus and Muslims at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid / Vasudha Narayanan -- Hinduism for Hindus : taking back Hindu studies / Shrinivas Tilak -- Hinduism with others : interlogue / Laurie L. Patton and Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, with Kala Acharya
'The Life of Hinduism' collects a series of essays that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly 'lived' religion. The text offers a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu worship, life-cycle rites, festivals, performances, gurus, and castes