| The Saint of Kathmandu Contributor(s): Levine, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807013137 ISBN-13: 9780807013137 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: With the deft evocations of a master storyteller and the exhaustive knowledge of a scholar, LeVine writes of the uneasy relations between Islam and spirit possession in a Nigerian town and between Christianity and witchcraft in a Kenyan village; of Mexican women taking the Virgin Mary as their role model; of a Nepalese teenager's flight from an arranged marriage to ordination as a Buddhist nun and a feminist career; of a Filipina maid in affluent Hong Kong turning to a charismatic Catholic church for support during long separations from her family; and of American Zen Buddhists trying to maintain their community despite a deeply flawed teacher. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Reference - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 203 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the deft evocations of a master storyteller and the exhaustive knowledge of a scholar, LeVine takes us on a quest to understand the role of religious belief in everyday life around the globe. She writes of uneasy relations between Islam and spirit possession in a Nigerian town; of a Nepalese teenager's flight from an arranged marriage to become a feminist Buddhist nun; of Mexican women taking the Virgin Mary as their role model; and of American Zen Buddhists struggling to maintain their community despite a deeply flawed teacher. These stories and more give a larger picture of religious faith, one that has little to do with doctrine or philosophical abstractions. |