Sacred Groves and Local Gods

Auteur: Kent, Eliza F. (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Colgate University)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.

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Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.
ISBN / EAN 9780199895489
Auteur Kent, Eliza F. (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Colgate University)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc