Sacred groves and local gods : religion and environmentalism in South India /

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kent, Eliza F., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Sacred groves > India > Tamil Nadu.
Forest conservation > Social aspects > India > Tamil Nadu.
Arbres sacrés > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Forêts > Conservation > Aspect social > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Sacred groves
Religion
Umweltschutz
Tamil Nadu (India) > Religious life and customs.
Tamil Nadu (Inde) > Vie religieuse.
India > Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: sacred groves and local gods: religious environmentalism in South India
  • Fierce gods and dense forest: sacred groves near Madurai
  • A road runs through it: changing meanings in Malaiyali sacred groves in Tiruvannamalai district
  • Mixing botany and belief: guardian deities and their forests in the Pondicherry region
  • Soteriology and stake-holders: the greening of the Auroville plateau 1973-2007
  • Sacrifice and sacrality: sacred grove restoration projects near Chennai.

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