Religion in South Asia :

Religion in South Asia : [papers] / edited by Edward B. Harper. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1964. - 199 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

"The essays in this book originally appeared in the Journal of Asian Studies."--tp verso.

Includes bibliographies.

Introduction : process and structure in South Asian religion / David G. Mandelbaum -- Magical-animism and Buddhism : a structural analysis of the Sinhalese religious system / Michael M. Ames -- Brahmins and shamans in Pahari religion / Gerald D. Berreman -- Religious anxiety and Hindu fate / Pauline Mahar Kolenda -- Particularization and generalization as processes in ritual and culture / Morris E. Opler -- Religion and social communication in village North India / John J. Gumperz -- Conflict and interlocal festivals in a South Indian region / Alan R. Beals -- The structure of Sinhalese healing rituals / Nur Yalman -- Ritual pollution as an integrator of caste and religion / Edward B. Harper.

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South Asia--Religious life and customs.

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