Religion and Technology in India: Spaces, Practices and Authorities

ISBN-13: 9780815384168 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 204 str.

Knut A. Jacobsen; Kristina Myrvold

Opis

This book explores intersections between religion and technology in India, at the present and in the colonial past, and how various forms of techno-religious intersections transform and open up for new religious practices, discourses, communities, and institutions.

Spis treści

Introduction, Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold 1. Vishwakarma: God of Technology, Kirin Narayan and Kenneth M. George 2. Saffron Glasses: Indian Nationalism and the Enchantment of Technology, Robert M. Geraci 3. Visualizing Sikh Warriors, Royalties, and Rebels: Photography in Colonial Punjab, Kristina Myrvold 4. From the Great Goddess to Everywoman: Western Naturalism and the Durga murti in West Bengal, Moumita Sen 5. Indian TV Soaps and Gender Roles: Hindu Widows in Historical Texts and Contemporary TV Serials, Xenia Zeiler 6. Modern Technology and Its Impact on Religious Performances in Rural Himachal Pradesh: Personal Remembrances and Observations, Brigitte Luchesi 7. Pilgrimage Rituals and Technological Change: Alterations in the Shraddha Ritual at Kapilashram in the Town of Siddhpur in Gujarat, Knut A. Jacobsen 8. Changing Hindutva by Technology: A Case Study of Hindutva Abhiyan and the Use of Social Media, Hindol Sengupta 9. Promoting Punjabi Deras’ Ideologies Online: A Case of Dera Sacha Sauda, Anna Bochkovskaya 10. Digital Derasars in Diaspora: A Critical Examination of Jain Ritual Online, Tine Vekemans and Iris Vandevelde