Religion in South Asia : [papers] - Conference on Religion in South Asia (1961 : University of California, Berkeley); Harper, Edward B.; University of California, Berkeley (Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1964)
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.
"The essays in this book originally appeared in the Journal of Asian Studies."--tp verso.
Includes bibliographies.
Keywords: South Asia -- Religious life and customs