History of religions.

History of religions. - Chicago, Ill : University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Contents No.1 Introduction: Buddhist visual culture/ Jinah Kim and Rob Linrothe-- pp. 1-4 Mirror image: deity and donors as Vajrasattva/ Rob Linrothe-- pp. 5-33 Local visions, transcendental practices: iconographic innovations of Indian Esoteric Buddhism/ Jinah Kim-- pp. 34-68 The many faces of Lokesvaratantric connections in Cambodia and Campa between the tenth and thirteenth centuries/ Phillip Scott Ellis Green-- pp. 69-93 No. 2 The construction of a cultic center through narrative: the founding myth of the village of Puttaparthi and Sathya Sai Baba/ Antonio Rigopoulos-- pp. 117-150 Sai Baba of Bombay: a saint, his icon, and the urban geography of Darshan/ William Elison-- pp. 151-187 "Give me seva overtime": selfless service and the humanitarianism in Mata Amritanandamayi's transnational guru movement/ Amanda J. Lucia-- pp. 188-207 No. 3 Rituals of forgiveness and structures of remembrance: memorial services and bone depositories on the island of Anafi, Greece/ Margaret Elizabeth Kenna-- pp. 225-259 Beyond nock: from adhesion to conversion in the mystery cults/ Birgitte Bogh-- pp. 260-287 Performing theology: imagining the gods in the Pompa Circensis/ Jacob Latham-- pp. 288-317 The genealogy of Abraham: the Zoroastrian critique of Judaism beyond Jewish literature/ Samuel Thrope-- pp. 318-345 Two Chthonic features of the Daeva cult in historical evidence/ Amir Ahmadi-- pp. 346-370 No.4 The global occult: an introduction/ Nile Green-- pp. 383-393 Imperial idols: French and United States revenants in Haitian Vodou/ Lauren Derby-- pp. 394-422 Toward a translocative history of occult Buddhism: flows and confluences, 1881-1912/ Thomas A. Tweed-- pp. 423-433 Occult networks and the legacy of the Indian rebellion in Bram Stroker's dracula/ Jill Galvan-- pp. 434-458

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