Gods on Earth The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre

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Synopsis

This book is the result of the long interest in Hindu pilgrimage which was encouraged during his study of Sanskrit and Hinduism It provided a detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values can reflect political and economic processes. This is Volume 59 of the London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology.

Book details

Series:
LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
Author:
Peter van der Veer
ISBN:
9781000321159
Related ISBNs:
9781845203023, 9780367716882, 9781003136163, 9780485195101
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
310
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-12-09
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1988
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies