Religion in South Asia : [papers] / edited by Edward B. Harper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1964.Description: 199 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Religion in South Asia.DDC classification:
  • 209.54
LOC classification:
  • BL1055 .C6 1961aa
Contents:
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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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 291.1 H293R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out to Carrel (CSAR-02) (K. Stephen Paul) 2571 (2571_PHD02) 05/11/2025 055655

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

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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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