Retheorizing religion in Nepal/
Gregory Price Grieve.
- New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006.
- xviii, 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- (Religion-culture-critique) .
Introduction: Preparing the materials : prolegomenon for a study of prosaic religion -- pt. I. Tradition, modernity, and the challenge of prosaic Hinduism -- Framing the study : theorizing the histories of tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal -- Laying down the grid : cosmology and the place of tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal -- pt. II. Prosaic religion and the construction of lived worlds -- Sketching the central point : cadastral god-images and the politics of scriptural mediation -- Illustrating Samsara : religious "recipes" for making a prosaic lived world -- Performing prosaic Tantra : Jhinjan Minjan Danigu's animating affect and social critique of religious experience -- Bringing a forged Mandala to life : the cow procession and the improvisation of cadastral generative matrixes -- Conclusion: Detailing the material : a strategy for mediating religion (Dharma) beside the book.
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Mandala -- Nepal -- Bhaktapur. Hinduism -- Nepal -- Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur (Nepal) -- Religious life and customs. Hinduism