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Author Sax, William Sturman, 1957-

Title God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas / William S. Sax
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations
Contents Illustrations; 1. Introduction: Fieldwork among the Harijans; 2. God of Justice; 3. Landscape, Memory, and Ritual; 4. Oracles, Gurus, and Distributed Agency; 5. Rituals of Family Unity; 6. Families and Their Ghosts; 7. Sending the God Back; 8. Postscript: Ritual Healing and Modernity; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary Based on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, this text offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index
Notes English
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Subject Bhairava (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India -- Garhwal (Region)
SUBJECT Bhairava (Hindu deity) fast
Subject Spiritual healing -- Hinduism.
Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Healing -- India -- Garhwal (Region) -- Folklore
Hinduism -- India -- Garhwal (Region) -- Rituals
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
Spiritual healing -- Hinduism
Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Cults
Healing
Hinduism -- Rituals
India -- Garhwal (Region)
Genre/Form Folklore
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780199714674
0199714673
9780199868919
0199868913