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- Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India : Sacred Entang
- ISBN
- 9781350185296
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India : Sacred Entanglements of a Himalayan Landscape
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Subject
- Christian Theology / Anthropology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Christianity / General, Sociology of Religion
- Series
- Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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This book explores the material religion of contemporary Shimla, a vibrant postcolonial city, famed for its colonial heritage, set against the backdrop of the North-Western Himalayas. Jonathan Miles-Watson demonstrates that this landscape is able to peacefully reconcile the apparent tensions of faith, heritage and identity in a way that unseats traditional theories of religion, politics and heritage. It presents a mystery that is written in space through time; the key to unlocking this mystery lies in clear view, at the city's heart, in the contemporary material religion that surrounds nominally Christian sacred sites. Although the material religion centres on landscapes that are identifiable as Christian, the book demonstrates that Hindus, atheists and Sikhs all have a role to play in the mutually constitutive relations that lie at the centre of these knots of sacred entanglement. This book builds upon over a decade of research to present an ethnographic account of devotional practices that speaks to contemporary developments in both the anthropology of Christianity and material religion. Through this exploration the book answers the mystery of Shimla's postcolonial harmony, while complicating established theories in the anthropology of religion, postcolonial studies, mythography, heritage studies and material culture.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1350185299
ISBN-13
9781350185296
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9050095142
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India : Sacred Entanglements of a Himalayan Landscape
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Christian Theology / Anthropology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Christianity / General, Sociology of Religion
Series
Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion Ser.
Publication Year
2022
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Br115.C8
Reviews
"A wonderfully engaging, restless book. As he reflects on Christianity, landscape and belonging in postcolonial Shimla, Jonathan Miles-Watson constantly provokes the reader into reassessing what they think they know about the Himalayas, Christianity and anthropology. This is an important contribution to the study of material religion." -- SIMON COLEMAN, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto, Canada "'A beautifully written, original, compelling ethnography that promises to advance multiple subfields, some perhaps significantly.'" -- MARK CALDER, a Regional Manager at Embrace the Middle East, UK, author of Bethlehem's Syriac Christians (2018) "In lilting prose, and through the lens of a minority religion, Jonathan Miles-Watson argues that the Himalayan landscape mediates between the region's past and present. Part ethnographic story about the modern residents of a Himalayan town and part colonial history about a famous hill station, Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India argues that material religion is best understood through the vital relationships inherent in everyday life." -- Sondra Hausner, Oxford University, UK "A wonderfully engaging, restless book. As he reflects on Christianity, landscape and belonging in postcolonial Shimla, Jonathan Miles-Watson constantly provokes the reader into reassessing what they think they know about the Himalayas, Christianity and anthropology. This is an important contribution to the study of material religion." -- SIMON COLEMAN, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto, Canada "A beautifully written, original, compelling ethnography that promises to advance multiple subfields, some perhaps significantly." -- MARK CALDER, a Regional Manager at Embrace the Middle East, UK, author of Bethlehem's Syriac Christians (2018) "In lilting prose, and through the lens of a minority religion, Jonathan Miles-Watson argues that the Himalayan landscape mediates between the region's past and present. Part ethnographic story about the modern residents of a Himalayan town and part colonial history about a famous hill station, Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India argues that material religion is best understood through the vital relationships inherent in everyday life." -- Sondra Hausner, Oxford University, UK, "A wonderfully engaging, restless book. As he reflects on Christianity, landscape and belonging in postcolonial Shimla, Jonathan Miles-Watson constantly provokes the reader into reassessing what they think they know about the Himalayas, Christianity and anthropology. This is an important contribution to the study of material religion." -- SIMON COLEMAN, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto, Canada "'A beautifully written, original, compelling ethnography that promises to advance multiple subfields, some perhaps significantly.'" -- MARK CALDER, a Regional Manager at Embrace the Middle East, UK, author of Bethlehem's Syriac Christians (2018) "In lilting prose, and through the lens of a minority religion, Jonathan Miles-Watson argues that the Himalayan landscape mediates between the region's past and present. Part ethnographic story about the modern residents of a Himalayan town and part colonial history about a famous hill station, Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India argues that material religion is best understood through the vital relationships inherent in everyday life." -- Sondra Hausner, Oxford University, UK, A wonderfully engaging, restless book. As he reflects on Christianity, landscape and belonging in postcolonial Shimla, Jonathan Miles-Watson constantly provokes the reader into reassessing what they think they know about the Himalayas, Christianity and anthropology. This is an important contribution to the study of material religion., In lilting prose, and through the lens of a minority religion, Jonathan Miles-Watson argues that the Himalayan landscape mediates between the region's past and present. Part ethnographic story about the modern residents of a Himalayan town and part colonial history about a famous hill station, Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India argues that material religion is best understood through the vital relationships inherent in everyday life., 'A beautifully written, original, compelling ethnography that promises to advance multiple subfields, some perhaps significantly.', "A wonderfully engaging, restless book. As he reflects on Christianity, landscape and belonging in postcolonial Shimla, Jonathan Miles-Watson constantly provokes the reader into reassessing what they think they know about the Himalayas, Christianity and anthropology. This is an important contribution to the study of material religion." -- SIMON COLEMAN, Chancellor Jackman Professor, University of Toronto, Canada "A beautifully written, original, compelling ethnography that promises to advance multiple subfields, some perhaps significantly." -- MARK CALDER, a Regional Manager at Embrace the Middle East, UK, author of Bethlehem's Syriac Christians (2018) "In lilting prose, and through the lens of a minority religion, Jonathan Miles-Watson argues that the Himalayan landscape mediates between the region's past and present. Part ethnographic story about the modern residents of a Himalayan town and part colonial history about a famous hill station, Christianity and Belonging in Shimla, North India argues that material religion is best understood through the vital relationships inherent in everyday life." -- Sondra Hausner, Oxford University, UK
Table of Content
Preface 1. Sita's Red Dress: Introduction 2. Christ in the Land of Gods: Context 3. Worshiping with Ghosts: The Cathedral on the Ridge 4. Materiality, Heterodoxy and Skill: The Hidden Cathedral 5. Pipe Organs and Satsang: Inculturation, Enskilment and Conflict 6. Entanglements at Jakhoo: Materiality Beyond Pluralism 7. Cyberspace and the Formation of Shimla's Sacred Places 8. The Salt in the Stew: Conclusion Notes References Index
Dewey Decimal
261.095452
Dewey Edition
23
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