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Matt Klein • Modern Religions For A Lonely World
labored to revive traditional forms of hula, but they also put themselves on display.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
It brings us back again to the ruthlessness of the idea of sanctioned truths, exclusive ways of understanding the mystery of existence, as ordained by the officers of religious institutions. Fortunately, priests have never had it all their own way in the history of religion.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Colonial administrators and scholars relied overwhelmingly on Brahmin views of Indian society and culture, in which the cosmology of Brahmanism had priority. Colonial and modern historians have tended to ignore the genealogies, chronicles, and dated inscriptions of events and grants in the Puranic tradition, as well as the histories of the Buddhist
... See morePrasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
any object invested with religious sanctity can, over time, become a substitute for the real thing.
David Kasher • ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary
