Diaspora of the Gods
Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe. Just as modern professionals continue to build new…
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Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe. Just as modern professionals continue to build new churches, synagogues, and now mosques, Hindus are erecting temples to their gods wherever their work and their lives take them. Despite the perceived exoticism of Hindu worship, the daily life-style of these avid temple patrons differs little from their suburban neighbors. Joanne Waghorne leads her readers on a journey through this new middle-class Hindu diaspora, focusing on their efforts to build and support places of worship. She seeks to trace the changing religious sensibilities of the middle classes as written on their temples and on the faces of their gods. She offers detailed comparisons of temples in Chennai (formerly Madras), London, and Washington, D.C., and interviews temple
Diaspora of the Gods
The Gods of Pegana
The Discord of Gods
Plants of the Gods
Gifts of the Gods
The Gods of Men
Return of the Gods
The Shadow of the Gods
The Hunger of the Gods
The Isles of the Gods
Hunger of the Gods
Bloodline of the Gods
The Nature of the Gods
The Isles of the Gods
The Shadow of the Gods
Technology of the Gods