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Religious Embodiments in South Asia

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). This special issue belongs to the section "Religions and Theologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 October 2023) | Viewed by 15186

Special Issue Editor

Dr. George Pati

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The Theology Department, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383, USA
Interests: religions of South Asia; Hinduism; bhakti; body and religion; anthropology of religion; Malayalam language and Kerala history and culture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

For this Special Issue of Religions, I am inviting articles discussing various religious embodiments in South Asia. This Special Issue focuses on the body as a place and medium of embodied religion in South Asia. The primary focus is to discuss bodies in various religious and regional contexts in South Asia. It adds to the ongoing discussion on religion and the body from various theories, methods, historical periods, religions, and regions. This Special Issue invites in-depth investigation of embodied religious practices and performances in various religions, regions, and texts grounded in original research. In particular, I seek articles drawing upon case studies, performances, rituals, or textual interpretations that provide embodied knowledge and that challenge the understanding of the body, enabling a reconceptualization of the body.

Dr. George Pati

Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Religions is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • body
  • embodied knowledge
  • place
  • medium
  • experience
  • rituals
  • performances
  • worship

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Hindu Deities in the Flesh: “Hot” Emotions, Sensual Interactions, and (Syn)aesthetic Blends
by Gerrit Lange
Religions 2022, 13(11), 1045; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13111045 - 02 Nov 2022
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In Hindu practices and narratives, otherworldly and nonhuman beings appear with nonhuman and otherworldly bodies and feelings. In this article, I draw from ethnographic fieldwork as well as from philology to outline the widespread perception of divine presence or emotion as “heat”. This [...] Read more.
In Hindu practices and narratives, otherworldly and nonhuman beings appear with nonhuman and otherworldly bodies and feelings. In this article, I draw from ethnographic fieldwork as well as from philology to outline the widespread perception of divine presence or emotion as “heat”. This embodied idea or multi-sensual “aesthetic blend”, as I propose to call it, can be found in very diverse cultural and historical traditions of South Asia. It is more than a concept, a “mapping” or a metaphor, insofar as it informs how people not only think of, but sensually encounter the bodies of goddesses and gods. By adding this new term to the vocabulary of the Study of Religions, I intend to build upon the focus on embodied, enacted and situated religion, as it has become prominent within the discipline, to see the seemingly disembodied texts and stories in a new light. Does, in the end, the way divine bodies are imagined feed back into how humans conceptualize and feel their own bodies? Full article
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When the Poison Is the Cure—Healing and Embodiment in Contemporary Śrīvidyā Tantra of the Lalitāmbikā Temple
by Maciej Karasinski-Sroka
Religions 2021, 12(8), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12080607 - 05 Aug 2021
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This paper discusses the healing practices of samayācāra Śrīvidyā, a Hindu Tantric tradition. This study is based on field research conducted in the Śrī Lalitāmbikā temple in Coimbatore, India. The tradition not only advocates inner ritualism, but also focuses on healing practices derived [...] Read more.
This paper discusses the healing practices of samayācāra Śrīvidyā, a Hindu Tantric tradition. This study is based on field research conducted in the Śrī Lalitāmbikā temple in Coimbatore, India. The tradition not only advocates inner ritualism, but also focuses on healing practices derived from Tantric sources. By using both emic and etic approaches, this paper attempts to show how the rituals and Śrīvidyā meditative practices became incorporated into this system of healing and well-being. A further aim of this paper is to indicate how various forms of embodiment and healing define the spiritual practice of Lalitāmbikā Śrīvidyā. Full article
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