Living folk religions. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Aaron Michael Ullrey.
• Editors: Borkataky-Varma, Sravana; Ullrey, A. Michael
• Contents: Introduction: Three Little Words Aaron Michael Ullrey and Sravana Borkataky-Varma PART I: What is Folk Religion? 1. Interrogating the Folk-Classical Divide in the Study of Indic Religions through a Local Bengali Ritual Performance Frank J. Korom 2. The Sādhū Who Came for Lunch: Revising Tropes of Disconnection in the Jain Diaspora Tine Vekemans 3. What Makes Folk Buddhism? Alyson Prude 4. Why a Folk Religion May Not Exist among Followers of an Abrahamic Faith: The Case of Sunni Egypt Hasan El-Shamy PART II: Spirit Beings and Deities 5. Goddess Trees in the Forest of Bliss: Local Place and Translocal Space in a City of Pilgrims David Gordon White 6. Bhairava, Hanumān, and the Deified Dead: A Material Study of Vernacular, Official, and Folk Registers of Living Hinduism in Vārāṇasī, North India Seth Ligo 7. There Is Something in Me: Narratives of LGBTIQ+ Sangomas (Traditional Healers) in South Africa Rachel Schneider PART III: Performance and/or Ritual Praxis 8. Sufi Festivals in Contemporary Morocco: Authorizing and Performing Folk Religiosities John C. Thibdeau 9. Mantras for "Every God and Goddess": Vernacular Religious Ritual in the Literature of Sabhapati Swami Keith Edward Cantú 10. Observing Buddhist Precepts by Divination: Practices According to Zhanchajing Xingyi Wang 11. Spellbinding Skalds: Music as Ritual in Nordic Neopaganism Padraic Fitzgerald and Mathias Nordvig 12. Cremating the Body Politic: Mapping the Materiality of the Indo-Caribbean Mortuary Ritual Corpus Keith E. McNeal PART IV: Possession and Exorcism 13. Talking to the Other Side: Spiritualism as "Vernacular Religion" in Central Ohio Hugh B. Urban 14. Becoming a God: Spirit Possession Practices at a South Indian Temple Julie Edelstein 15. Post-Christianity and Esotericism: A Study of a Satanic Exorcist William Chavez 16. Controlling the Lore: A Survey of UFO Folklore in the United States Diana Walsh Pasulka PART V: Health, Healing, and Lifestyle 17. Indigenous Revitalization, Rock Music, and the Holy Spirit: The Religious Logic of Healing at Lake Junaluska Jason E. Purvis 18. The Triple Goddess: Examining Maiden, Mother, Crone in Wiccan-Witchcraft Traditions Jason Mankey 19. Lifestyle Brands That Rock Your Soul: Wellness Culture as Folk Religion in North America Anya Foxen Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 201.4; Folk religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000878622; 9781000878608
• Related ISBNs: 9781032190402; 9781032190419
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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