Embodied Reception

South Asian Spiritualities in Contemporary Contexts

Henriette Hanky, Knut a Jacobsen, Istvan Keul

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Equinox Publishing Ltd
07 November 2024

Comparative religion; Oriental religions

Series: The Study of Religion in a Global Context

This volume investigates contemporary bodily practices as a mode of transmitting and receiving South Asian religious and spiritual traditions. The collection's essays explore processes of adoption and adaptation, and the ways in which somatic religious practices are transplanted into new contexts, acquiring new meanings and generating dynamics of their own. Using the concept of ""embodied reception"" as a heuristic, the contributions address the dialectic between inscribing knowledge on practitioners' bodies and opening new avenues for meaning-making through bodily experiences. The collection assembles a range of empirical cases: contemplative bodily techniques such as postural yoga, mindfulness, and meditation; ritual practices in modern advaitic satsang; South Indian martial art; tantric goddess veneration; contemporary Samkhyayoga practices. The empirical studies span devotional communities, yoga institutions, New Age milieus, and secularized contexts, providing a rich tapestry of contemporary embodied reception in and outside South Asia. Assembling research on embodied forms of reception both in South Asia and in Western countries, the volume advocates for paying close attention to entangled histories of knowledge. Grounded in this empirical outlook, the volume also speaks to theoretical and methodological debates on travelling bodily practices. The contributions suggest theoretical and methodological frameworks ranging from aesthetics of religion to sociology of knowledge, from ethnographical to cognitive approaches.

Edited by: Henriette Hanky, Knut a Jacobsen, Istvan Keul
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781800503540
ISBN 10: 1800503547
Series: The Study of Religion in a Global Context
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henriette Hanky is University Lecturer in the Study of Religions at the University of Stavanger and a doctoral candidate at the University of Bergen. Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Bergen. István Keul is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Bergen.