|
|
Article: Playing host to deity: festival religion in the South Indian tradition. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology).(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Royal Anthropological Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
YOUNGER, PAUL. Playing host to deity: festival religion in the South Indian tradition. vii, 189 pp., illus., bibliogr. Oxford: Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]40.00 (cloth)
Playing host to deity provides us with a comparative account of fourteen festival celebrations in the South Indian religious tradition, including devotional celebrations of low-ranking goddesses as well as Sanskritized worship of Hindu deities. The author describes this tradition as a particular style of Hindu religious worship that has its roots in the southern part of the subcontinent but also shapes religious worship among various Christian denominations in South India and among ...