Tag: Attending

Attending Krishna’s Image Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth


Free Download Kenneth Russell Valpey, "Attending Krishna’s Image: Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth"
English | 2006 | pages: 226 | ISBN: 0415383943, 0415864585 | EPUB | 4,0 mb
There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional (bhakti) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship.

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Attending to Early Modern Women Conflict and Concord


Free Download Karen Nelson, "Attending to Early Modern Women: Conflict and Concord"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 1611494443 | PDF | pages: 252 | 2.6 mb
This volume considers women’s roles in the conflicts and negotiations of the early modern world. Essays explore the ways that gender shapes women’s agency in times of war, religious strife, and economic change. How were conflict and concord gendered in histories, literature, music, and political, legal, didactic, and religious treatises?

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