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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Hindu Studies"”.
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Goddess in Flux: Devotional Intimacy and Everyday Life at a Regional Indian Pilgrimage Site
<p>This dissertation studies religion, sociality, and gender in contemporary India by exploring devotional intimacies and everyday life in the shadows of the regional pilgrimage temple of Rani Bhatiyani, a Hindu goddess, in rural Rajasthan. Informed by scholarship on lived religion, it examines …
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Incarnation : Hindu and Christian thought
… have mentioned the main differences between the Hindu and Christian faiths. I have treated this subject of incarnation with due respect to both the religions. If the subject could be discussed on an evaluative basis, then there would be the possibility of coming to the conclusion that there is …
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“Because We Are Catholic”: Music as a Bridge Between Identities Within the Catholic Community of South India
… without distancing themselves from their Hindu roots. This cultural connection reinterprets Karnatak musical styles, practices, and traditions as distinctively Catholic rather than Indian or Hindu. Thus, Indian cultures are recontextualized within a Catholic paradigm, as these practices …
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An Interoperative Phenomenological Analysis of Hindu Psychologists and the Impact of Hinduism on Their Clinical Work
… conscious and unconscious impact on the way Hindu psychologists practice in the field. The purpose was to take into consideration the four major theories of Hinduism and to assess whether psychologists of Hindu origin integrated them into their clinical work. The study used qualitative …
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ANTYESTI (LAST SACRIFICE): FUNERAL RITES PERFORMED BY HINDU FROM WESTERN REGION OF NEPAL
<p> This Thesis will discuss the process of making, “Anyesti - The Last Sacrifice” which I have directed, produced and edited. It will cover the rites performed by people residing in the western part of Nepal. It will recount how the concept of making a documentary about the last rites came into my …
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Seeing the Unseen: Bridging Realities of Experience Through Dependent Origination
… forms of interdependence with God and nature in Hindu communities, and especially in communities that practice and live by Buddhist values, I advocate for it in the realms of academics and public policy. I advocate for it because the colonial impact in South Asia undermines such knowledge, and I …
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Theology of Arcavatara and the Eucharist: A Comparative Study
… of avatars in Vaishnavism, a religious sect in Hinduism and the concept of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic tradition. Among the five auspicious forms of avatars in Vaishnavism, arcavatara is compared with the Eucharist. Vishnu manifests himself in the consecrated images found in the homes …
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The Migration of South Asians from India to Guyana: The Journey, Struggles in a New Land, Reasons for Changes Over Time and Their Cultivation of a New Culture.
<p>Indians from different regions of India arrived in Guyana through indentureship in 1838. They were under a five-year contract and had to work on the sugar plantations for the duration of their indentureship. While they tried to persist their Indian culture, assimilation in their new environments …