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The Origins of the Juggernaut

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Stacie Swain

This post originally appeared on the OUP blog. by Michael J. Altman People deploy the word juggernaut to describe anyone or anything that seems unstoppable, powerful, dominant. The Golden State Warriors, the recent National Basketball Association champions, are a juggernaut. National … Continue reading →

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Definitive Descriptions in the Study of Religion and the Doniger Controversy

Posted on February 17, 2014 by mattsheedy

by Steven Ramey The responses to Wendy Doniger’s book, The Hindus: An Alternative History, whose publisher (Penguin, India) is withdrawing the book in India to settle a criminal lawsuit over offending religious sentiments, raise a whole host of issues. Scholars … Continue reading →

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Why Religious Hatred?

Posted on September 25, 2013 by mattsheedy

by Steven Ramey * This post originally appear on the Culture on the Edge blog. During the 1800’s, British colonizers identified particular conflicts as being “religious,” a description that many now describe as part of the British strategy of Divide … Continue reading →

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Co-opting Categories: It’s the Cats’ Meow

Posted on October 4, 2012 by mattsheedy

By Deeksha Sivakumar Pulivesham (“Tiger Disguise”), a well-known dancing ritual in Southern India, resurfaced in the news forcing me to question what we name ‘religious ritual’ and what we tend to call ‘folk’ or ‘popular’ practices. What is even more … Continue reading →

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Scholarship From The Road: “Being Someone”

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Kenny Paul Smith

by Deeksha Sivakumar Who would have thought that one of the hardest questions I ask myself every morning during fieldwork is “what to wear?” In order to be remembered or valued in society we all lay somewhere on a spectrum … Continue reading →

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Scholarship From The Road: Belief, Practice and the Story of Andal

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Kenny Paul Smith

By Deeksha Sivakumar “The women of Ayodhya run eagerly to see the procession to Sita’s house… their hair fell loose, open on all sides, their waist girdles come undone, they do not even stop to cover their breasts… as they … Continue reading →

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What Ales the Hindu Community… Kali-Ma Beer?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Kenny Paul Smith

By Deeksha Sivakumar As early as next week, Burnside Brewery in Portland Oregon planned to release a spiced wheat beer, “Kali-Ma”.  Needless to say, the ‘cultural theft’ of a popular demonic form of a Hindu goddess has rubbed a number … Continue reading →

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