Gods on Earth Gods on Earth
LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

Gods on Earth

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

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Religion & Spirituality
RELEASED
2020
17 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
310
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SIZE
4.2
MB

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