1st Edition

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

By Peter van der Veer Copyright 1988
310 Pages
by Routledge

326 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

A detailed historical anthropology of Ayodhya, which argues that religious values CAN reflect political and economic processes.

I Ayodhya: Time and Place, II Problems and Perspectives, III Devotion and Ascetisicm, IV The sacred as a profession, V Conclusion

Biography

Peter van der Veer (Author)