Share the story of what Open Access means to you
![a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access](/assets/oa-lock-logo-lg-a95dd8d9f9fe5e21ab4499ffd0c8661e55f7d788ae0a03f19a6749eb82e3e899.png)
University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.
The Goddess lives in upstate New York: breaking convention and making home at a North American Hindu temple
Corinne G. Dempsey-
Frontmatter
-
Note on Transliteration (page xiii)
-
Introduction: A Temple Trip (page 3)
-
PART I Encounters with Divinity: Ritual Power and Miracles
-
1. Temple Entryways (page 15)
-
2. Perspectives on Ritual Power: The Cost, Science, and Grace of Divinity (page 33)
-
3. Visions and Versions of the Miraculous (page 57)
-
-
PART II The Work of a Guru: Bridge Building and Boundary Breaking
-
4. Maverick Guru with a Cause (page 83)
-
5. The Changing Faces of Temple Worship: The Young, the Women, and the Rest (page 105)
-
6. A Fine Balance: The Give and Take of Religious Discipline (page 129)
-
-
PART III Temple Inhabitants: Making Home in a World of Impermanence
-
7. Grounding the Sacred: Traveling Deities and Sanctified Terrain (page 149)
-
8. Expanding Turf for Racial and Religious Others (page 169)
-
9. Making Home at the Śrī Rājarājeśwarī Pīṭham (page 191)
-
Conclusion: A Good Place to Start (page 209)
-
-
Glossary (page 215)
-
Notes (page 221)
-
Bibliography (page 245)
-
Index (page 255)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
---|---|---|
JAS | 68.4 (Nov. 2009): 1331-1333 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20619918 |
JSSR | 45.4 (Dec. 2006): 627-628 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4621944 |
JR | 88.1 (Jan. 2008): 141-143 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/526387 |
![](/image-service/3b591910t1531326585/full/full/0/default.png)
Citable Link
Published: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780195187304 (paper)
- 9780195187298 (hardcover)
- 9780199784547 (ebook)