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Woman and Goddess in Hinduism

Pintchman, Tracy [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Woman and Goddess in Hinduism : Reinterpretations and Re-envisionings / ed. by Tracy Pintchman and Rita D. Sherma. - Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - VIII, 243 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-0-230-11369-5
£ 55,00 / US$ 85,00
DDC: 294.52114
-- Angekündigt für August 2011 --

Beschreibung
Offering multilayered explorations of Hindu understandings of the Feminine, both human and divine, this book emphasizes theological and activist methods and aims over historical, anthropological, and literary ones. The contributors approach the Feminine in Hindu traditions from the standpoint of intersubjective construction via a method that can be termed dialexis. Here, dialexis refers to a form of intellectual engagement "across styles" that takes as its starting point an adequate accounting of contextualized signification. The diverse ways that cultures articulate themselves are rooted in lexical choices made in historical, geographical, and cultural contexts. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
R. D. Sherma:
A Hermeneutics of Intersubjectivity
PART I: THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION
A. Sharma:
Satī, Suttee, and Sāvitrī
F. Xavier Clooney:
Still a Goddess at Second Sight: Envisioning the Beautiful Woman of the Saundarya Laharī
N. Bhattacharya Saxena:
Mystery, Wonder, and Knowledge in the Triadic Figure of Mahā̄vidyā Chinnamastā: A Śākta Woman's Reading
PART II: RECLAIMING ALTERNATIVE MODALITIES OF FEMININE POWER
P. Herman:
Sītā Rasoīs and Śākta Pīṭhas: A Feminine Reclamation of Mythic and Epic Proportions
K. Pechilis:
Female Gurus and the Divine Feminine
L. Biernecki:
The Kālī Practice: Revisiting Women's Roles in Tantra
PART III: THE FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN HINDU THOUGHT AND PRACTICE: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES
L. Patton:
Hindu Rituals on Behalf of Women: Notes on First Principles
E. H. Rick Jarow:
The Feminine Concept of Surrender in Vaiṣṇavism
V. Howard:
Gandhi's Construction of the Feminine in Hinduism: Negotiating Traditional Values for Modern Goals
Afterword: Reimagining the Hindu Feminine: Concluding Reflections

Herausgeberinnen
TRACY PINTCHMAN is a Professor and Director of the International Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago, USA. Profile page.
RITA SHARMA is Director of the Institute For Theology Beyond Boundaries and Executive Director of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Taksha Institute, Hampton, USA. Profile page.

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