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In the land of temples: Notes from a South Indian pilgrimage

Author : Michael Steinberg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105703703
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book In the land of temples: Notes from a South Indian pilgrimage written by Michael Steinberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The land of temples is South India, the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. It's been called the last surviving classical civilization, a land where there is room for temples large and small and time for rituals passed down for millennia. In four brief essays and two dozen evocative black-and-white photographs scholar and devotee Michael Steinberg takes readers into the inner sanctuaries of ancient temples and out again into the teeming streets of contemporary Chennai. A big book in a little package, his deeply personal story also sheds light on the enduring importance of a way of life that has its roots in the dawn of civilization itself.

A New Biology of Religion

Author : Michael Steinberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book A New Biology of Religion written by Michael Steinberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma. This book is unique in its focus on bodily experience as an independent source of knowledge and insight, an important aspect of recent discoveries in neurology and psychology. By rethinking what it is to be human and what role self-consciousness plays, it finds striking points of intersection between science and religion and challenges readers to rediscover their spiritual connections to the physical world. Combining scientific rigor with the spiritual quest, A New Biology of Religion: Spiritual Practice and the Life of the Body reframes the science-religion debate. This profound work examines how all things are connected—both scientifically and spiritually—and shows how religious practices mirror the biological processes of life.

Enlightenment Interrupted

Author : Michael Steinberg
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782790136
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Enlightenment Interrupted written by Michael Steinberg and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of the eighteenth century the best minds in Europe took up the task of providing a foundation for human life and human society in which individual fulfillment was to be achieved within a rational public order. When it became apparent that this task was based on an illusion—the separation of self and world—and was thus doomed to failure, however, that insight and the consequent crisis were forgotten and repressed. After 1815 all parties, reactionary and liberal, chose to proceed as if we had achieved what we knew, somewhere, we could not carry off. To secure that false confidence the challenges of the late Enlightenment had to be silenced and its doubts swept under the carpet. This book concerns a founding act of bad faith and of willed blindness, the self-forgetting of the rootlessness and the falsity of the basic presuppositions of the modern world, that have haunted that world from its birth. Enlightenment Interrupted takes the metaphysical arguments of the idealists seriously. Its methodological foundation is the belief that in every era there are deep structures of thought and experience that define the range of theoretical and political possibilities available. The great achievement of the post-Kantian generation was to critique and ultimately to move beyond the self-world dichotomy at the heart of Western thought. This can be seen as a continuation of the Enlightenment project of subjecting everything to the test of reason, but it was also part of a larger cultural movement that found expression in Romanticism, in an openness to Indian and other non-Western thought, and in the political and social experimentation of the French Revolution. What followed in the post-Revolutionary years was not a development of those tendencies to openness and egalitarian, common process but a retreat to the opposition of self and world and a drastic reduction in intellectual and social possibilities. This is one source of the collective impotence that sees the twenty-first century in a lockstep march to disaster.

Pilgrimage Tourism

Author : C. Aruljothi
Publisher : MJP Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage Tourism written by C. Aruljothi and published by MJP Publisher. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People in general and pilgrims in particular go on pilgrimages to temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras for worshipping their religious gods and goddesses. But, tourism and pilgrimage are intertwined with little differences. Religious tourism is based on time involved and distance travelled namely short- and long-term religious tourism. The short-term type involves travel to nearby pilgrimage centres or religious conferences, or religious discourses while the long-term religious tourism involves travel to religious sites and religious conferences around the world. Pilgrimage is “the result of a vow”. India is a land of temples, mosques and churches. They play significant role in the development of any economy. Temples in India, particularly in Tamil Nadu play different roles such as redistributors of income, producer, consumer, land-owner, employer, trustee, tourist centre, religious, cultural, social and economic institution. Pilgrimage is aimed to attain moksha - the ultimate aim of individual. Moreover, pilgrimage tourism is considered as an instrument of stress relief, and it is one of the most understudied and least researched areas in tourism and leisure economics. With this backdrop, the book “Pilgrimage Tourism in India” is initiated with the following objectives viz: to examine socio-economic, cultural and environmental profiles of pilgrim tourists and local residents of Palani town and temple environs; to identify factors determining pilgrimage tourism and to examine perceptions of pilgrims on the socio-economic overheads, facilities and services exist at Palani town and temple environs; to gauge the perceptions of local residents on social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of pilgrimage tourism to Palani town and temple environs; and to identify problems emerging from pilgrimage tourism and economic changes to local residents and to make suggestions for policy for pilgrimage tourism, benefiting both the pilgrims and the local residents of Palani town and temple environs.Contents : Introduction, Role of Tourism in Economic Development, Realities of Pilgrimage Tourism, Pilgrimage Tourism in Tamil Nadu—A Case Study, Socio-Economic Analysis of Pilgrimage Tourism, Conclusion.

Temples of South India

Author : Kuthur Ramakrishna Srinivasan
Publisher : New Delhi : National Book Trust, India; [chief stockists in India: India Book House, Bombay
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temples of South India written by Kuthur Ramakrishna Srinivasan and published by New Delhi : National Book Trust, India; [chief stockists in India: India Book House, Bombay. This book was released on 1972 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book prsents a comprehensive picture of the temples of south india, their architecture , the many subtitle variations in style, their evolution over the years and contributions to indian culture.

Pilgrimage [2 volumes]

Author : Linda Kay Davidson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576075435
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage [2 volumes] written by Linda Kay Davidson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-11-17 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalistic meccas, shrines to popular culture, and sacred traditions for the world's religions from Animism to Zoroastrianism are all examined in two accessible and comprehensive volumes. Pilgrimage is a comprehensive compendium of the basic facts on Pilgrimage from ancient times to the 21st century. Illustrated with maps and photographs that enrich the reader's journey, this authoritative volume explores sites, people, activities, rites, terminology, and other matters related to pilgrimage such as economics, tourism, and disease. Encompassing all major and minor world religions, from ancient cults to modern faiths, this work covers both religious and secular pilgrimage sites. Compiled by experts who have authored numerous books on pilgrimage and are pilgrims in their own right, the entries will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers.

The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York

Author : Corinne G. Dempsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199884862
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York written by Corinne G. Dempsey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York is a profile of a flourishing Hindu temple in the town of Rush, New York. The temple, established by a charismatic nonbrahman Sri Lankan Tamil known as Aiya, stands out for its combination of orthodox ritual meticulousness and socioreligious iconoclasm. The vitality with which devotees participate in ritual themselves and their ready access to the deities contrasts sharply with ritual activities at most North American Hindu temples, where (following the usual Indian custom) ritual is performed only by priests and access to the highly sanctified divine images is closely guarded. Drawing on several years of fieldwork, Dempsey weaves traditional South Asian tales, temple miracle accounts, and devotional testimonials into an analysis of the distinctive dynamics of diaspora Hinduism. She explores the ways in which the goddess, the guru, and temple members reside at cultural and religious intersections, noting how distinctions between miraculous and mundane, convention and non-convention, and domestic and foreign are more often intertwined and interdependent than in tidy opposition. This lively and accessible work is a unique and important contribution to diaspora Hindu Studies.

Spiritual Journey, Imperial City

Author : Alexandra Mack
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9788179360040
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Journey, Imperial City written by Alexandra Mack and published by Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Temples of South India

Author : Ambujam Anantharaman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Temples of South India written by Ambujam Anantharaman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Temples of South India

Author : Kuthur Ramakrishna Srinivasan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Temples of South India written by Kuthur Ramakrishna Srinivasan and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Management and Practices of Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality

Author : Gupta, S.K.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Management and Practices of Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality written by Gupta, S.K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilgrimage is one of the oldest extant and most basic forms of population mobility known to human society, and its political, social, cultural, and economic implications have always been, and continue to be substantial. In recent decades, a new focus on pilgrimage has emerged through the lens of tourism, which explores the political, cultural, behavioral, economic, and geographical impacts. Therefore, the identification of challenges in transformation and emerging ways and means of managing pilgrimage and related destinations is critical in an era of crises and disastrous situations. Management and Practices of Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality identifies, understands, and recognizes the changing facts and facets of pilgrimage tourism around the world. It develops and promotes pilgrimage tourism for community integration, faith-sharing, perseverance, tolerance, and pace for secular and sustainable futures. This book further identifies any new issues, scopes, challenges, and entrepreneurial opportunities for pilgrimage tourism as are found to be relevant and important for future pilgrimages with larger intensity and frequency. Covering topics such as behavioral challenges, community empowerment, and pilgrimage economy, this book is an essential resource for entrepreneurs, professionals, researchers, academicians, policymakers, students of higher education, sociologists, and more.

Food and Faith

Author : Shoba Narayan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789353579036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Food and Faith written by Shoba Narayan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Anthropology of Pilgrimage

Author : Makhan Jha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Social Anthropology of Pilgrimage written by Makhan Jha and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya

Author : K.T.S. Sarao
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811580677
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The History of Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya written by K.T.S. Sarao and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of the emergence of Bodh Gayā as a sacred site within Gayā Dharmakṣetra. It contextualizes the different encounters, incidents, and legends connected to the Buddha’s experiences shortly before and after he attained Bodhi – when, spiritually speaking, he was extremely lonely and was trying to carve a place for himself in the highly competitive Gayā Dharmakṣetra. Further, the book examines the role of various personalities and institutions contributed towards the emergence of Mahābodhi Temple. It incorporates a wealth of research on the role of the Victorian Indologists as well as the colonial administrators, the Giri mahants, and Anagārika Dharmapāla, to understand the material milieu pertaining not only to its identity but also access to spiritual resources as its conservation and development. This book is an indispensable read for students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and art and architecture as well as practitioners of Buddhism and Hinduism.

Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth

Author : Corinne G. Dempsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199860343
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth written by Corinne G. Dempsey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth, Corinne Dempsey offers a comparative study of Hindu and Christian, Indian and Euro/American earthbound religious expressions. She argues that official religious, political, and epistemological systems tend to deny sacred access and expression to the general populace, and are abstracted and disembodied in ways that make them irrelevant to if not neglectful of earthly realities. Working at cross purposes with these systems, attending to material needs, conferring sacred access to a wider public, and imbuing land and bodies with sacred meaning and power, are religious frameworks featuring folklore figures, democratizing theologies, newly sanctified land, and extraordinary human abilities. Some scholars will see Dempsey's juxtapositions of Hindu and Christian religious dynamics, many of which exist on opposite sides of the globe, as a leap into a disciplinary minefield. Many have argued for decades that comparison is an outmoded, politically troubled approach to the human sciences. More recently opponents of this view, represented by a growing number of religion scholars, are ''writing back'' in comparison's defense, asserting the merits of a readjusted, carefully contextualized, new comparativism. But, says Dempsey, the inestimable advantages of the comparative method performed in this book are disciplinary as well as ethical. As she demonstrates in this stimulating book, the process of comparison can shed light on angles and contours otherwise obscured and perform the important work of bridging human contingencies and perception across religious, cultural, and disciplinary divides.

Finding List of Books and Periodicals in the Central Library

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Finding List of Books and Periodicals in the Central Library written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land

Author : Benjamin Z. Kedar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349140848
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land written by Benjamin Z. Kedar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land - a collection of articles that deal with Holy Places from Antiquity to the present; from the lands of the Fertile Crescent to Europe, India, Japan and Mexico; from mountains and seas to temples, cities and countries; from the construction, perception and functioning of sacred sites to the psychotic breakdowns they bring on some visitors.