Table of Contents
Preface ix
Change and Stability of Rituals: An Introduction Christiane Brosius Ute Hüsken 1
Part I Rituals on the Move
1 Staging Ritual Heritage: How Rituals Become Theatre in Uttarakhand, India Karin Polit 29
2 Initiation, 'Re-birth' and the Emergent Congregation: An Analysis of the Svadhyaya Movement in Western India Anindita Chakrabarti 49
3 Transferring and Re-transferring Religious Practice: ISKCON between 'East' and 'West' Frank Neubert 76
4 'Marginalised Islam': The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational 'Communities of Practice' Robert Longer 88
5 Sunni Concepts of Ritual Purity in a Contemporary Diaspora Context Udo Simon 124
6 Old Rituals for New Threats: Possession and Healing in the Cult of Sitala Fabrizio M. Ferrari 144
7 Transfer of Ritual in a Local Tradition: Some Observations Barbara Schuler 172
Part II Psychological Aspects of Ritual
8 The Uses of Ritual Sudhir Kakar 201
9 Dynamic of Emotions and Dynamic of Rituals: Do Emotions Change Ritual Norms? Angelos Chaniotis 210
10 Rituals of Possession William Sax Jan Weinhold 236
11 Regarding Ritual Motivation Matters: Agency Concealed or Revealed Fletcher DuBois Rolf Verres Jan Weinhold 253
Part III Ritual Economy Beyond the Ritual Frame
12 The Power of Ritual in Marriage: A Daughter's Wedding in North-west India Tulsi Patel 271
13 Ritual Economy and South Indian Ritual Practice Ute Hüsken K.K.A. Venkatachari 293
Part IV Media and Sensual Dimensions of Ritual Action
14 Ritual Differs: Beyond Fixity and Flexibility in South Indian Hindu Ritual Saskia Kersenboom 311
15 'Wedding Design' Online: Transfer and Transformation of Ritual Elements in the Context of Wedding Rituals Kerstin Radde-Antweiler 330
16 Gender, Generation and the Public Sphere: Islamic Values and Literary Response Susanne Enderwitz 356
17 On the Representation of Presence: The Narrative of Devnarayan as a Multimedia Performance Aditya Malik 369
About the Editors 386
Notes on the Contributors 388
Index 396
