00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862137830 Buklod 20230619090610.0 g||| | || || ta 181213s2009 vau rb |||1 u|eng d 9781565492707 (pbk. : alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00032535769 DLC BAG rda eng E 184 S69 L58 2009 Living our religions Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences [edited] by Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha ; with Shobha Hamal Gurung [and twelve others]. Sterling, VA, USA Kumarian Press 2009. vii, 341 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index. Introduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha -- Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha -- The interconnecting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil -- Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur -- At the crossroads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the United States / Bidya Ranjeet -- Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena -- I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal -- Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha -- Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, and boundaries / Bandana Purkayastha -- Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan -- Living Hinduism and striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao -- Mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury -- Religion as inspiration,religion as action / Aysha Saeed -- Muslim women between dual realities / Rafia Zakaria -- Challenging the master frame through dalit organizing in the United States / Shweta Majumdar -- Interpretive intervention : religion, practices, and resistances / Anjana Narayan -- Conclusion : human rights, religion, and gender / Bandana Purkayastha. South Asian American women Religious life. Hindu women Social life and customs. United States. Muslim women Social life and customs. United States. Narayan, Anjana 1976- editor. Purkayastha, Bandana 1956- editor. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN E 184 S69 L58 2009 Book