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God's Gateway

Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place

By: James Lochtefeld

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God's Gateway

Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place

By: James Lochtefeld

This book examines how sacred meaning is created, reinforced, and maintained in Hardwar, an important Hindu pilgrimage site (tirtha). Hardwar's religious identity is inextricably tied to the river Ganges. Its sacred narratives present its identity as fixed and unchanging, ignoring mundane factors such as economic, social, or technological change.

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OUP USA

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0195386140

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9780195386141

Understanding Hinduism

A Guide for Teachers

By: James D. Holt

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Understanding Hinduism

A Guide for Teachers

By: James D. Holt

This book explores the beliefs and practices of Hinduism as a lived religion and engages with Hindu beliefs and practices, including the concepts that form the central beliefs of Hinduism, and the expression of these beliefs in worship and daily life. The book uses the authentic voices of practicing Hindus to highlight differences in the ways Hinduism is understood and lived in different circumstances. The diversity of Hindu expression is one of the complex elements of Hinduism, and it is also one of its strengths. This book makes this diversity the centre of its exploration. Each chapter enables the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be taught in the classroom. The author also provides suggestions for activities that could be utilised within the classroom to help others to understand the richness and vibrancy of Hinduism.

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187

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350407046

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9781350407046

Hinduism

By: James B. Robinson

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Hinduism

By: James B. Robinson

Discusses the historical origins, teachings, practices, persecution, spread, and challenges of the world's third largest religion, Hinduism.

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217

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Infobase Publishing

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1438106416

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9781438106410

Compassionate Intercultural Care Practices for Coping with Grief

Biblical Theology in Conversation with Pastoral Theology

By: James Japheth Sudarshan Harrichand

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Compassionate Intercultural Care Practices for Coping with Grief

Biblical Theology in Conversation with Pastoral Theology

By: James Japheth Sudarshan Harrichand

As humans, we all express our grief differently. Acknowledging this truth, Dr. James Harrichand examines Old Testament accounts of grief and mourning alongside the experiences of marginalized Guyanese and Vietnamese immigrant communities in Canada. He explores both biblical and pastoral theology through an anthropological lens, bridging the horizons of Scripture and culture in a hermeneutically and pastorally sensitive manner. Dr. Harrichand’s focus on prosaic prayers in the Old Testament fills a significant gap in the scholarship, but this book is also significant for its immense practicality, sensitizing readers to grief’s varied expressions and equipping culturally intelligent pastoral caregivers. He presents five compassionate intercultural care practices for coping with grief, grounding each in the living hope of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, the one who bore our griefs and carries our sorrows.

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222

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Langham Publishing

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1839739991

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9781839739996

The Khecarividya of Adinatha

A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga

By: James Mallinson

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The Khecarividya of Adinatha

A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga

By: James Mallinson

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as original fieldwork amongst yogins in India who use the practice, to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. Accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation, the work sheds light on the development of hathayoga and its practices.

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325

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Routledge

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1134166427

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9781134166428

The Pilgrim Journey

A History of Pilgrimage in the Western World

By: James Harpur

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The Pilgrim Journey

A History of Pilgrimage in the Western World

By: James Harpur

Pilgrimage in the Western world is enjoying a growing popularity, perhaps more so now than at any time since the Middle Ages. The Pilgrim Journey tells the fascinating story of how pilgrimage was born and grew in antiquity, how it blossomed in the Middle Ages and faltered in subsequent centuries, only to re-emerge stronger than before in modern times. James Harpur describes the pilgrim routes and sacred destinations past and present, the men and women making the journey, the many challenges of travel, and the spiritual motivations and rewards. He also explores the traditional stages of pilgrimage, from preparation, departure, and the time on the road, to the arrival at the shrine and the return home. At the heart of pilgrimage is a spiritual longing that has existed from time immemorial. The Pilgrim Journey is both the colourful chronicle of numerous pilgrims of centuries past searching for heaven on earth, and an illuminating guide for today's spiritual traveller.

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Lion Books

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074596897X

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9780745968971

Scotland's Heritage

A Photographic Journey

By: Richard Haight,Frances Ross,James B. Hannon,John Hannavy

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Scotland's Heritage

A Photographic Journey

By: Richard Haight,Frances Ross,James B. Hannon,John Hannavy

... These volumes provide the very latest in this critical technology and are an invaluable resource for scientists in both academia and industry concerned with the semiconductor future and all of science.'Foreword by Leonard C Feldman (Director Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices and Nanotechnology, Rutgers University, USA)Highlights. As we delve more deeply into the physics and chemistry of functional materials and processes, we are inexorably driven to the nanoscale. And nowhere is the development of instrumentation and associated techniques more important to scientific progress than in the area of nanoscience. The dramatic expansion of efforts to peer into nanoscale materials and processes has made it critical to capture and summarize the cutting-edge instrumentation and techniques that have become indispensable for scientific investigation in this arena. This Handbook is a key resource developed for scientists, engineers and advanced graduate students in which eminent scientists present the forefront of instrumentation and techniques for the study of structural, optical and electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures.

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World Scientific

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9814322806

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9789814322805

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism

By: James G. Lochtefeld

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism

By: James G. Lochtefeld

Provides information on the origins, history, and practice of Hinduism, including facts on the various festivals and celebrations.

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0823922871

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God's Gateway

Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place

By: James Lochtefeld

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God's Gateway

Identity and Meaning in a Hindu Pilgrimage Place

By: James Lochtefeld

A celebrated Hindu pilgrimage site, Hardwar lies on the river Ganges at the edge of the Himalayas. Its identity as a holy place is inextricably tied to the mythology and reality of the Ganges, and traditional sources overwhelmingly stress this connection. Virtually nothing has been written about Hardwar's history and development, although the historical record reveals striking changes of the past few centuries. These changes have usually reflected worldly forces such as shifting trade routes, improved transportation, or political instability. Yet such mundane influences have been ignored in the city's sacred narrative, which presents a fixed, unchanging identity. The city's complex identity, says Lochtefeld, lies in the tension between these differing narratives. In this fieldwork-based study, Lochtefeld analyzes modern Hardwar as a Hindu pilgrimage center. He looks first at various groups of local residents -- businessmen, hereditary priests, and ascetics -- and assesses their differing roles in managing Hardwar as a holy place. He then examines the pilgrims and the factors that bring them to Hardwar. None of these groups is as pious as popularly depicted, but their interactions in upholding their own interest create and maintain Hardwar's religious environment. In conclusion, he addresses the wider context of Indian pilgrimage and the forces shaping it in the present day. He finds that many modern Hindus, like many modern Christians, feel some dissonance between traditional religious symbols and their 21st-century world, and that they are reinterpreting their traditional symbols to make them meaningful for their time.

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