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"This breathtakingly beautiful, scholarly, and thought-provoking book is basically about one thing: doing justice to the incarnation. It is the doctrine that confesses not only that God became human, but that God became flesh, became material, thereby signifying the holiness of all God's creation. It is with this conviction that Antonio Sison embarks on a quest to 'midwife' the 'indigenous inculturation' present in a triptych of images from the 'folk Catholic imaginary' in Nairobi in Kenya, Chicago in the United States, and Manila in the Philippines. His purpose is, with a rich hermeneutic of suspicion, generosity, and serendipity, to bring the edges of theologizing to the center. In doing so, however, he reveals to us that, instead of a new theological hegemony (marginal replacing the center), the edges are actually the center." -- From the Foreword by Stephen B. Bevans, SVD

Christianity and culture. --- Christian art and symbolism --- Folk religion. --- Folk art --- Themes, motives.

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Mahasu is the joint name of four gods whose influence is widespread throughout the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Like other deities in the Western Himalayas, they are regarded as royal gods who rule over territories and people. This book traces changes in faith and practices surrounding the Mahasu brothers, and shows how the locals understand these changes by emphasizing the dominant role of humans in the decisions of the gods. The locals are also constantly testing the authenticity of the human mediumship. Thus, the book presents the claim that the gap between local conceptions of divinity and the perceptions of anthropologists regarding gods may be narrower than we think. The Biography of a God: Mahasu in the Himalayas is based on ethnographic research, resulting in an important contribution to the study of Indian village deities, Himalayan Hinduism, lived Hinduism, and the anthropology of religion.

Anthropology. --- Deities, agency, Western Himalaya. --- Folk religion --- Hindu gods --- Hindu mythology --- Folklore --- Himachal Pradesh (India) --- Religious life and customs.

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"Today on Oprah," intoned the TV announcer, and all over America viewers tuned in to learn, empathize, and celebrate. In this book, Kathryn Lofton investigates the Oprah phenomenon and finds in Winfrey's empire-Harpo Productions, O Magazine, and her new television network-an uncanny reflection of religion in modern society. Lofton shows that when Oprah liked, needed, or believed something, she offered her audience nothing less than spiritual revolution, reinforced by practices that fuse consumer behavior, celebrity ambition, and religious idiom. In short, Oprah Winfrey is a media messiah for a secular age. Lofton's unique approach also situates the Oprah enterprise culturally, illuminating how Winfrey reflects and continues historical patterns of American religions.

Celebrities. --- Religion and culture --- Popular culture --- Celebrities --- Religious aspects --- ambition. --- american history. --- american religion. --- american religiosity. --- capitalism. --- celebrity studies. --- celebrity worship. --- celebrity. --- christianity. --- consumer behavior. --- empathy. --- evangelicalism. --- folk religion. --- gender studies and sexuality. --- harpo productions. --- media studies. --- messiah. --- modern religion. --- nonfiction. --- o magazine. --- oprah winfrey. --- oprah. --- philosophy. --- popular culture. --- popular religion. --- psychology. --- religion. --- religious idiom. --- religious studies. --- secular age. --- social history. --- sociology. --- spiritual center. --- spirituality. --- television.

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The division of land and consolidation of territory that created the Greek polis also divided sacred from productive space, sharpened distinctions between purity and pollution, and created a ritual system premised on gender difference. Regional sanctuaries ameliorated competition between city-states, publicized the results of competitive rituals for males, and encouraged judicial alternatives to violence. Female ritual efforts, focused on reproduction and the health of the family, are less visible, but, as this provocative study shows, no less significant. Taking a fresh look at the epigraphical evidence for Greek ritual practice in the context of recent studies of landscape and political organization, Susan Guettel Cole illuminates the profoundly gendered nature of Greek cult practice and explains the connections between female rituals and the integrity of the community. In a rich integration of ancient sources and current theory, Cole brings together the complex evidence for Greek ritual practice. She discusses relevant medical and philosophical theories about the female body; considers Greek ideas about purity, pollution, and ritual purification; and examines the cult of Artemis in detail. Her nuanced study demonstrates the social contribution of women's rituals to the sustenance of the polis and the identity of its people.

Sacred space --- Women --- Holy places --- Places, Sacred --- Sacred places --- Sacred sites --- Sacred spaces --- Sites, Sacred --- Space, Sacred --- Holy, The --- Religion and geography --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- History. --- Religious life --- Artemis --- Αρτεμις --- أرتميس --- Ārtimīs --- Artemisa --- Artemida --- Артэміда --- Артемида --- Artemiso --- 아르테미스 --- Arŭt'emisŭ --- Artemide --- ארטמיס --- Artemi --- Artemisz --- アルテミス --- Артеміда --- 阿耳忒弥斯 --- A'ertemisi --- Diana --- Cult. --- Greece --- Religious life and customs. --- Artemis (Greek deity) --- Religion. --- Women -- Religious life -- Greece -- History.. --- Sacred space -- Greece -- History.. --- Artemis (Greek deity) -- Cult.. --- Greece -- Religion. --- ancient history. --- ancient law. --- anthropology. --- antiquity. --- arete. --- artemis. --- athenian democracy. --- city states. --- community. --- competition. --- family. --- female body. --- feminism. --- fertility. --- folk religion. --- folklore. --- gender difference. --- gender roles. --- gender. --- greece. --- greek ritual. --- greeks. --- hubris. --- law. --- legal system. --- masculinity. --- mythology. --- nonfiction. --- polic. --- pollution. --- purity. --- religion. --- reproduction. --- rite. --- ritual. --- sacred space. --- sexuality. --- social body. --- tradition. --- violence. --- women. --- womens rituals.

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Throughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, invisible beings. But if that were the case, how could they be visualized and depicted in icons and other works of art? This book describes the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defense of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. Glenn Peers demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general.

Church history --- Angels in literature. --- Angels in art. --- Angels --- Iconoclasm --- Christianity --- Angels (Buddhism) in art --- Idols and images --- Biblical teaching. --- History. --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- History --- Worship --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- Byzantine Empire --- Church history. --- Orthodox Eastern Church -- Byzantine Empire -- History.. --- Iconoclasm -- Byzantine Empire -- History.. --- Angels -- Biblical teaching.. --- Angels in art.. --- Angels in literature.. --- Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.. --- Byzantine Empire -- Church history. --- aesthetics. --- ancient world. --- angels in art. --- angels in literature. --- angels. --- archangel. --- art. --- barberini diptych. --- bible. --- bodies. --- byzantine art. --- byzantium. --- cherub. --- cherubim. --- church doctrine. --- divinity. --- early christian theology. --- early church. --- embodiment. --- folk belief. --- folk religion. --- greece. --- hagiography. --- hellenism. --- iconoclasm. --- icons. --- literature. --- madonna. --- magritte. --- michael. --- middle ages. --- religion. --- religious practices. --- saints legends. --- saints lives. --- saints. --- sarcophagus. --- theology. --- unrepresentable. --- virgin and child.