Hindu Gods in an American Landscape

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Hindu Gods in an American Landscape is written by E. Allen Richardson and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786499443 (ISBN 10) and 9780786499441 (ISBN 13).

In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests--becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world.