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  | | Devi(1st Edition) Goddesses of India (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) by John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20058-6, ISBN: 0-520-20058-6 "The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very often means "Goddess". This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid goddess - energy of the River Ganges to the possessing, entrancing heat of Bhagavati and Seranvali. ..." |
 | | Fundamentalism and Gender(1st Edition) by John Stratton Hawley, Wayne Proudfoot, Fundamentalism And Gender - Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1994 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-508262-3, ISBN: 0-19-508262-1 "Fundamentalism, as the word implies, is about getting back to basics, and for Americans this has meant getting back to God's word as proclaimed in the Bible. Yet the issues that American fundamentalists have most hotly contested--abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment--have little to do with scripture per se. Why are these so central? Perhaps it is because the real fundamentals of fundamentalism are social, not textual. Fundamentalism ..." |
 | | A Storm of Songs(1st Edition) India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement by John Stratton Hawley Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2015 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-18746-7, ISBN: 0-674-18746-6 "India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from India’s southernmost tip to its norther ..." |
 | | Songs of the Saints of India(Updated) (Oxford India Paperbacks) by John Stratton Hawley, Mark Juergensmeyer Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-569420-8, ISBN: 0-19-569420-1 "The six poets presented here -- Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas -- have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in north India today than any voices before or since. In worship, in education, even in politics, modern Hinduism sings their tune. For half a millennium, these saints' poems have circulated from the banks of the Jumna to the rice fields of Bihar and back to the deserts of Rajasthan, provi ..." |
 | | The Life of Hinduism(1st Edition) (The Life of Religion) by John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan Paperback, 337 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24914-1, ISBN: 0-520-24914-3 "The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays--many recognized as classics in the field--that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly -lived- religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the -new India- of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu ..." |
 | | Sur's Ocean Poems from the Early Tradition (Murty Classical Library of India) by Kenneth E. Bryant, John Stratton Hawley, Surdas Surdas Hardcover, 1,072 Pages, Published 2015 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-42777-8, ISBN: 0-674-42777-7 "Surdas has been regarded as the epitome of artistry in Old Hindi religious poetry from the end of the sixteenth century, when he lived, to the present day. His fame rests upon his remarkable refashioning of the widely known narrative of the cowherd deity Krishna and his lover Radha into lyrics that are at once elegant and approachable. Surdas’s popularity led to the proliferation, through an energetic oral tradition, of poems ascribed t ..." |
 | | Saints and Virtues(1st Edition) by John Stratton Hawley Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 1987 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06163-7, ISBN: 0-520-06163-2 "But for all that, he never lacked sufficient funds for food, travel, shelter, secretarial staff, or postage. ... Nonetheless one often hears it cited as another indication of his sanctity: "He embraced poverty," Mr. Bernays reported, "as deliberately as did the Carpenter of Nazareth. ... Almost every village in India contains the bones of saints, or, better yet, the saints themselves, sitting beneath banyan trees ... Ved Mehta quot ..." |
 | | Into Sūr's Ocean Poetry, Context, and Commentary (Harvard Oriental Series) by John Stratton Hawley Hardcover, 1,050 Pages, Published 2017 by Harvard University Department Of South Asian Studies ISBN-13: 978-0-674-97558-3, ISBN: 0-674-97558-8 "Sur s Ocean: Poems from the Early Tradition was published in 2015 as the fifth volume of the Murty Classical Library of India. That book contains Kenneth Bryant s critical reconstructions of 433 poems of Surdas that circulated in the sixteenth century, when this great Hindi poet lived, and it includes facing-page, English verse translations by John Stratton Hawley. The name traditionally assigned to these poems is Sursagar, meaning Sur ..." |
 | | Three Bhakti Voices(1st Edition) Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Times and Ours by John Stratton Hawley Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-808539-3, ISBN: 0-19-808539-7 "The landscape of North Indian religion was dramatically transformed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by a remarkable family of poet-saints. Among the most famous and beloved of these figures-in India and throughout the world-are Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir. In this book, John Stratton Hawley takes a probing look at all three, finding that many of the beliefs and legends surrounding them-even central motifs-emerged long after the ..." |
 | | Bhakti and Power Debating India's Religion of the Heart (Global South Asia) by John Stratton Hawley, Swapna Sharma, Christian Lee Novetzke, K. Sivaramakrishnan, Srilata Raman, Padma Kaimal, Anand A. Yang Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74550-3, ISBN: 0-295-74550-9 "Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as "personal devotion," bhakti nonetheless implies and fosters public interaction. It is often associated with the marginalized voices of women and lower castes, yet it has also played a role in perpetuating injustice. Barriers have been torn down in the name of bhakti, while others ..." |
 | | Three Bhakti Voices(1st Edition) Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir in Their Time and Ours by John Stratton Hawley Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2005 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-567085-1, ISBN: 0-19-567085-X "The book is a collection of essays written over two decades but with consistency of style, concern and argument. It's divided into two parts: The first, "The Bhakti Poet Saint: Economies of Word and Life" ranges over the literature of Bhakti as a whole. The second part is organized around individual poets: Mira, Sur, and Kabir. Connections between the three poets is established meticulously and convincingly." |
 | | The Memory of Love(1st Edition) Surdas Sings to Krishna by John Stratton Hawley Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2009 by Oxford University Press, Usa Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-19-537399-8, ISBN: 0-19-537399-5 "No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang of Krishna more famously than S=urdD=as-or S=ur, for short. He lived in the sixteenth century and became so influential that for centuries afterward aspiring Krishna poets signed their compositions orally with his name.This book takes us back to the source, offering a selection of S=urd=as's poems that were known and sung in the sixteenth cen ..." |
 | | Songs of the Saints of India by John Stratton Hawley, Mark Juergensmeyer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1988 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-505221-3, ISBN: 0-19-505221-8 "The verses of the great poets of north India stand at the fount of the Hindi language, and many would say that they also represent its greatest flowering. In addition to their major religious significance for Hindus, these poems treat universal themes, have great popular appeal, and even today are well known to Indians in every walk of life. The beloved authors are revered not only as poets but also as saints, and hagiographical literat ..." |
 | | The Divine Consort, Radha and the Goddesses of India(1st Edition) (Beacon paperback) by John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff Paperback, 414 Pages, Published 1987 by Beacon Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1303-8, ISBN: 0-8070-1303-X "Papers presented at a conference held June 1978 at Harvard University, sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions." |
 | | Sati, the Blessing and the Curse(1st Edition) The Burning of Wives in India by John Stratton Hawley Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1994 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-507774-2, ISBN: 0-19-507774-1 "Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing and curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty ..." |
 | | Studying the Sikhs(1st Edition) Issues for North America (S U N Y Series in Religious Studies) by John Stratton Hawley, Gurinder Singh Mann Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 1993 by State University Of New York Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-1426-2, ISBN: 0-7914-1426-4 "New Delhi: Patriot, 1984. Dhillon, G. S. Researches in Sikh Religion and History. Chandigarh: Sumeet, 1989. . India Commits Suicide. Chandigarh: Singh and Singh Publishers, 1992. G. B. Singh. Transformation of Agriculture: A Case Study of Punjab. Kuruk- shetra: Vishal, 1979. Gobinder Singh. Religion and Politics in the Punjab. New Delhi: Deep and Deep, 1986. Gopal Singh, ed. Punjab Today. New Delhi: Intellectual, 1987. Gurmit Singh ..." |
 | | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Saints and Virtues Vol. 2 by John Stratton Hawley Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 1987 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-05984-9, ISBN: 0-520-05984-0 |
 | | The Divine Consort Radha and the Goddesses of India by John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff Hardcover, 414 Pages, Published 1982 by Asian Humanities Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-89581-102-8, ISBN: 0-89581-102-2 "Especially Chapter 5, on the Goddess. (WDO) Zvelebil, Kamil V. "A Guide to Murukan." Journal of Tamil Studies 9 (\976), pp. 1-22. Zvelebil, Kamil V. The Smile of Murugan: On Tamil Literature of South India. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1973. Zvelebil, Kamil V. Tamil Literature. Volume 10, Fascicle 1 of A History of Indian Literature. Edited by Jan Gonda. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1974. The most recent, complete, and authoritative histor ..." |
 | | Bhakti and Power Debating India's Religion of the Heart (Global South Asia) by John Stratton Hawley, Christian Lee Novetzke, Swapna Sharma Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Washington Press ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74551-0, ISBN: 0-295-74551-7 |
 | | At Play with Krishna Pilgrimage Dramas from Brindavan (Princeton Legacy Library) by John Stratton Hawley Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 2014 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-61159-4, ISBN: 0-691-61159-9 " Every year thousands of pilgrims travel to Brindavan, the village where Krishna is said to have lived as a child. There, they witness a series of religious dramas called ras lilas, whose central roles are performed by children. By translating four plays that collectively span this cycle, John Hawley provides a lively perspective on the mythology of Krishna as Hindus experience it today. Originally published in 1981. The Prince ..." |
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