Kerala
Author : Akber Ayub
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
The Rough Guide to Kerala
Author : David Abram
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1405388064
Book Description
The Rough Guide to Kerala will guide you through India's tropical southwest tip, with reliable information and clearly explained cultural background. Whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink, inspiring accommodation or the most exciting things to see and do, you'll find the solution. Discover Kerala with stunning photography and information on everything from the best beaches and lagoon resorts to treehouse hideaways on tea plantations in the hills. Plus, you'll find extensive coverage of attractions in the region, from the tranquil beaches, backwaters and rice barges to elephant processions, kathakali dance drama and temple festivals. Accurate maps, backed up by full-colour sections showcasing the state's vibrant theatre traditions, make The Rough Guide to Kerala your ultimate travelling companion. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Kerala.
Religious Celebrations [2 volumes]
Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1077 pages
File Size : 16,91 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1598842064
Book Description
This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.
Portrait Kerala
Author : Aruna Nambiar
Publisher :
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Kerala (India)
ISBN : 9788190250542
Book Description
Portrait Kerala Captures The Soul And Substance Of One Of The World'S Fastest-Growing Tourism Destinations, The Bewitching South Indian State Of Kerala. The Evocative Text Goes Well Beyond The Average Coffee Table Book, Highlighting Little-Known Aspects Of Kerala, From Its History As An Important Stopover On The Ancient Spice Route To The Rituals Behind Its Colorful Festivals. Divided Into Five Sections On Land, People, Faith, Skills And Cuisine, The Book Reveals The Most Intriguing Aspects Of The State. And With Over 250 Stunning Photographs Packed Within 200 Pages, Portrait Kerala Is Much More Than A Narrative – It Is A Delightful Visual Sketch. A Foreword By Shashi Tharoor, Writer And Former Under-Secretary-General Of The United Nations, Provides A Fitting Introduction. Well Researched And Beautifully Produced, This Is One Book You'Ll Want To Keep On Your Shelf For Years To Come.
War, Violence, Terrorism, and Our Present World
Author : Hares Sayed
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 38,3 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1543419011
Book Description
Why Are We Facing Never Ending Terrorism? Political violence and terrorism have been, literally, bleeding humanity throughout the world. This book sheds light on terrorism, highlighting the causes of this evil, including religion, wealth disparity, poverty, dysfunctional government, and the crippling lending policies of international financial institutions. In particular, it highlights one major gray area not discussed by conventional writers - theColonial Legacy. This book highlights every aspect of political development from the birth of new nations to the race for supremacy. The impact of scarce mineral resources, the role of religions, the Shia-Sunni turmoil in the Middle East, and last but not least, the militarization processes are all discussed. Greed allows terrorism to take root and to be nurtured. It leads the religious to be abused and innocent people to be victimized by war's profiteers.
St. Thomas and India
Author : K. S. Mathew
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506461379
Book Description
In St. Thomas and India, renowned scholars trace the historical, religious, and cultural connections link India's Syrian Christian community with St. Thomas the Apostle. They use modern historiographical methods seek to corroborate the ancient tradition that tells of St. Thomas's missionary journey to India in the middle of the first century, in which he established seven churches in some of the major commercial centers of Malabar. From this first churches, Christianity spread throughout the region. St. Thomas in India also examines the legacy of the ancient Christianity on the Syrian community in India today, as well as exploring the various cultural and religious connections between the Syrian church in Indian and other ancient churches in the east.
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Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Kerala Christian Sainthood
Author : Corinne G. Dempsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 16,5 MB
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198029918
Book Description
Kerala Christian Sainthood is an ethnography-based study that celebrates the multi-vocal function of saints. Drawing on pilgrim anecdotes, shrine practices, official hagiographies, and regional lore, author Corinne Dempsey demonstrates how the business of saints routinely extends beyond their capacity as earthly conduits of miraculous power. Saintly characters described in this book, hailing from the religiously pluralistic south Indian state of Kerala, tend not only to the health and happiness of individual devotees but help craft and express the multiple identities and complex power relations of their devotional communities as well. Throughout the study, Dempsey highlights the traditions of Sr. Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1910-1946) and St. George the martyr, two figures who reflect the many preoccupations of Kerala sainthood. Sr. Alphonsa, native of Kerala and famous for her life of suffering and posthumous power, stands in line to be canonized by the Vatican. St. George, the caped dragon slayer imported to Kerala by Syrian merchants and later by Portuguese and British colonizers, is today partially debunked by Rome. These two figures, while differing dramatically in temperament, nationality, age of cult, and Vatican standing, boast a vast popular appeal in Kerala's Kottayam district. In examining Sr. Alphonsa and St. George, Dempsey shows how Kerala's saint traditions reflect devotees' hybrid identities in both colonial and postcolonial times. This ethnography of Christian sainthood within a Hindu cultural context, of "foreign" traditions adopted by native practice, and of female sanctity negotiated through patriarchal expectation is poised at a number of intersections. Dempsey provides not only a comparative study of cultures, religions, and worldviews, but also a unique grounding for contemporary ethnographic, post-colonial, and feminist concerns.
THEYYAM! Gods of God's Own Country
Author : Tiger Rider
Publisher : EPM Mavericks LLC
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2022-10-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1958260762
Book Description
The Gods of God's Own Country is a reminder of a forgotten culture and the communities surrounding it. Theyyam is a Dravidian ritual art form of Kerala, India - God's own country. This book provides detailed information about Theyyam, beautiful images, and hundreds of stories. We dedicate this book to the Theyyam artists, the veritable gods "Of the People, by the People, for the People." The author had the amazing grace of chasing the light with his camera during his management consulting, and volunteer roles, embarking upon expeditions in and around twenty countries over the past three decades. However, he has yet to catch sight of a place where over 500 gods descend upon the earth during a single season. Sandwiched between the Western Ghats mountain range (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the queenly Arabian sea, carpeted by natural greenery, the hilly terrains of North Malabar open it's off-beat paths for the Theyyam Gods to embrace the gods-forsaken disciples. Thanks to those Theyyam Gods, the Malabar corner is that truly shining city on a hill. These gods double-up as costume designers, painters, musicians, artisans, drummers, and choreographers. They transcend the human realms and have burgeoned into a mystical form, where they endure blazing fires and carry hefty costumes effortlessly. The Gods of The God's Own Country takes you on a whirlwind ride into the dense history and astonishing versatility of Theyyam, the ritual dance of the glistening cities atop the Malabar Hills of God's Own Country – Kerala. It is rich in captivating images of Theyyam and storytelling. The book's second part embarks on the Herculean task of covering the centuries-old, mesmerizing 101 Theyyam stories. Like the Blues in the Mississippi Delta, using song and dance, the Thottam and Theyyam express the melancholy of the Dravida, natives of God's Own Country, submerged under the 5000-year-old Chaturvarnya caste system. A true divine rebellion against mighty, unjust systems, their stories and art pluck a string in our own hearts today.
World Christianity
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004444866
Book Description
World Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn. In twelve chapters scholars from various academic backgrounds (anthropology, religious studies, history, missiology, intercultural studies, theology, and patristics) as well as of multiple cultural and national belongings investigate methodological issues (e.g. methods, use of sources, choosing a unit of analysis, terminology, conceptual categories,) relevant to World Christianity debates. In a closing chapter the editors Frederiks and Nagy converge the findings and sketch the outlines of what they coin as a ‘World Christianity approach’, a multidisciplinary and multiple perspective approach to study Christianity/ies’ plurality and diversity in past and present.
