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One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological
treatise, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume
shows how aptly Durkheim(1)s theories still resonate with the study
of contemporary and historical religious societies. The volume
applies the Durkheimian model to multiple cases, probing its
resilience, wondering where it might be tweaked, and asking which
aspects have best stood the test of time. A dialogue between theory
and ethnography, this book shows how Durkheimian sociology has
become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to
multiple ways in which Durkheim(1)s work on religion remains
relevant to our thinking about culture.
This edited collection addresses the relationship between diaspora,
religion and the politics of identity in the modern world. It
illuminates religious understandings of citizenship, association
and civil society, and situates them historically within diverse
cultures of memory and state traditions.
This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian
women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits.
Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate
ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into
Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, and Baul ascetic traditions.
One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological
treatise, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume
shows how aptly Durkheim(1)s theories still resonate with the study
of contemporary and historical religious societies. The volume
applies the Durkheimian model to multiple cases, probing its
resilience, wondering where it might be tweaked, and asking which
aspects have best stood the test of time. A dialogue between theory
and ethnography, this book shows how Durkheimian sociology has
become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to
multiple ways in which Durkheim(1)s work on religion remains
relevant to our thinking about culture.
Every month, a ragtag group of Londoners gather in the site known
as Crossbones Graveyard to commemorate the souls of medieval
prostitutes believed to be buried there—the "Winchester Geese,"
women who were under the protection of the Church but denied
Christian burial. In the Borough of Southwark, not far from
Shakespeare's Globe, is a pilgrimage site for self-identified
misfits, nonconformists, and contemporary sex workers who leave
memorials to the outcast dead. Ceremonies combining raucous humor
and eclectic spirituality are led by a local playwright, John
Constable, also known as John Crow. His interpretation of the
history of the site has struck a chord with many who feel alienated
in present-day London. Sondra L. Hausner offers a nuanced
ethnography of Crossbones that tacks between past and present to
look at the historical practices of sex work, the relation of the
Church to these professions, and their representation in the
present. She draws on anthropological approaches to ritual and time
to understand the forms of spiritual healing conveyed by the
Crossbones rites. She shows that ritual is a way of creating the
present by mobilizing the stories of the past for contemporary
purposes.
Every month, a ragtag group of Londoners gather in the site known
as Crossbones Graveyard to commemorate the souls of medieval
prostitutes believed to be buried there-the "Winchester Geese,"
women who were under the protection of the Church but denied
Christian burial. In the Borough of Southwark, not far from
Shakespeare's Globe, is a pilgrimage site for self-identified
misfits, nonconformists, and contemporary sex workers who leave
memorials to the outcast dead. Ceremonies combining raucous humor
and eclectic spirituality are led by a local playwright, John
Constable, also known as John Crow. His interpretation of the
history of the site has struck a chord with many who feel alienated
in present-day London. Sondra L. Hausner offers a nuanced
ethnography of Crossbones that tacks between past and present to
look at the historical practices of sex work, the relation of the
Church to these professions, and their representation in the
present. She draws on anthropological approaches to ritual and time
to understand the forms of spiritual healing conveyed by the
Crossbones rites. She shows that ritual is a way of creating the
present by mobilizing the stories of the past for contemporary
purposes.
In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers-sadhus or
ascetics-in northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a
paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their
solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social
commitments, and their break with family and community, renouncers
in fact regularly interact with "householder" society. They form a
distinctive, alternative community with its own internal structure,
but one that is not located in any single place. Highly mobile and
dispersed across the subcontinent, its members are regularly
brought together through pilgrimage circuits on festival cycles.
Drawing on many years of fieldwork, Hausner presents intimate
portraits of individual sadhus as she examines the shared views of
space, time, and the body that create the ground for everyday
experience. Written with an extraordinary blend of empathy,
compassion, and anthropological insight, this study will appeal to
scholars, students, and general readers alike.
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