David L Haberman

Loving Stones

Making the Impossible Possible in the Worship of Mount Govardhan

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Produktbeschreibung

Loving Stones is a study of devotees' conceptions of and worshipful interactions with Mount Govardhan, a sacred mountain located in the Braj region of north-central India that has for centuries been considered an embodied form of Krishna.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190086725
• ISBN-10: 0190086726
• Artikelnr.: 58414157

Autorenporträt

David L. Haberman is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. He has a broad interest in all religions, but specializes in the Hindu traditions of northern India. Much of his work has centered on the culture of Braj, a pilgrimage site long associated with Krishna. His present research interests track the relationship between religion, ecology and nature, with a focus on Hindu conceptions of and interaction with nonhuman entities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Map of Mount Govardhan
Introduction- Seduced by a Mountain
Chapter 1- On the Slopes of Mount Govardhan: Lay of the Land
Chapter 2- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Challenges of Difference
Chapter 3- A God of Stone: Divine Conceptions
Chapter 4- Honoring the King of Mountains: Embodied Worship
Chapter 5- A Tale of Two Mountains: Idolatry Applied
Chapter 6- Drawing Personality Out of a Stone: Techniques of Intimacy
Chapter 7- Non-Duality, Play, and an Invitation
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index