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100 1 _aWuaku, Albert.
245 1 0 _aHindu gods in West Africa :
_bGhanaian devotees of Shiva and Krishna.
264 1 _aLeiden :
_bBRILL,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (346 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aStudies of Religion in Africa
505 0 0 _tPreliminary Material /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_tIntroduction /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t1 Ghana’s Hindu Religious Landscape /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t2 The Hindu Monastery of Africa /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t3 Domesticating Shiva Worship in Ghana: Rituals of the Hindu Monastery of Africa /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t4 T he Sri Radha-Govinda Temple Tradition /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t5 “Hinduizing” From the “Top,” Indigenizing from “Below”: Krishna Devotion in Ghana /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t6 Spreading Krishna and Shiva Worship in Ghana /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t7 Why We became Hindus: Conversion Narratives /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_t8 Conclusion /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_tBibliography /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_tIndex /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku --
_tIllustration Section /
_rAlbert Kafui Wuaku.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aIn Hindu Gods in West Africa , Wuaku offers an account of the histories, beliefs and practices of the Hindu Monastery of Africa and the Radha Govinda Temple, two Hindu Temples in Ghana. Using historical material and data from his field work in southern Ghana, Wuaku shows how these two Hindu Temples build their traditions on popular Ghanaian religious notions about the powerful magicality of India's Hindu gods. He explores how Ghanaian soldiers who served in the colonial armies in India, Sri Lanka, and Burma during World War II, Bollywood films, and local magicians, have contributed to the production and the spreading of these cultural ideas. He argues that while Ghanaian worshippers appropriated and deployed the alien Hindu religious world through their own cultural ideas,as they engage Hindu beliefs and rituals in negotiating challenges their own worldviews would change considerably.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aHindus
_zGhana.
650 0 _aHinduism
_zGhana
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHinduism
_zGhana
_xCustoms and practices.
651 0 _aGhana
_xReligious life and customs.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aWuaku, Albert.
_tHindu Gods in West Africa : Ghanaian Devotees of Shiva and Krishna.
_dLeiden : BRILL, ©2013
_z9789004244887
830 0 _aStudies of Religion in Africa
_v42.
830 0 _aReligious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004255715
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