What would it mean to conceive of the sacred as a source of knowledge that is as vital as the secular? What insights does a contemplative approach yield in analysing neoliberal globalisation or Hindu fundamentalism? Is a dew drop sacred, or is it secular? Addressing these questions, this book argues that sacred and secular are indivisible.
What would it mean to conceive of the sacred as a source of knowledge that is as vital as the secular? What insights does a contemplative approach yield in analysing neoliberal globalisation or Hindu fundamentalism? Is a dew drop sacred, or is it secular? Addressing these questions, this book argues that sacred and secular are indivisible.
Formerly Professor, Women's Studies Program, University of California, Davis. Currently independent researcher based in Bangalore
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Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Faith Amidst the Destruction of Truth 2. Walking Meditation 3. Trash 4. Nameless Transaction 5. Visit to the Temple 6. Time 7. Globalisation: A Note of Caution 8. Work 9. Tradition and the New Spirituality 10. The Anatomy of Faith 11. Reckoning with Gujarat, Contemplating Tradition 12. Karma Reconsidered 13. Fading Blossoms 14. Western Advaita 15. Is a Dewdrop Sacred, or is it Secular? 16. Confronting Violence: Bridging the Sacred-Secular Divide 17. Practicing Peace 18. Justice and the End of Suffering: Secular Activism and Spiritual Practice 19. 2004 AD: Are We Feeling Global Yet? 20. The Miasma of Globalisation 21. The Web of Life 22. Neoliberal Fictions, Neocolonial Facts 23. Body Politic(s) 24. Epilogue: The Tantra of Contemplative 25. Cultural Critique 26. Closing Invocation Glossary About the Author
Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Faith Amidst the Destruction of Truth 2. Walking Meditation 3. Trash 4. Nameless Transaction 5. Visit to the Temple 6. Time 7. Globalisation: A Note of Caution 8. Work 9. Tradition and the New Spirituality 10. The Anatomy of Faith 11. Reckoning with Gujarat, Contemplating Tradition 12. Karma Reconsidered 13. Fading Blossoms 14. Western Advaita 15. Is a Dewdrop Sacred, or is it Secular? 16. Confronting Violence: Bridging the Sacred-Secular Divide 17. Practicing Peace 18. Justice and the End of Suffering: Secular Activism and Spiritual Practice 19. 2004 AD: Are We Feeling Global Yet? 20. The Miasma of Globalisation 21. The Web of Life 22. Neoliberal Fictions, Neocolonial Facts 23. Body Politic(s) 24. Epilogue: The Tantra of Contemplative 25. Cultural Critique 26. Closing Invocation Glossary About the Author
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