Living our religions Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences - Narayan, Anjana; Purkayastha, Bandana 1956- (Sterling, VA Kumarian Press, 2009)
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 b
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-316) and index.
Keywords: South Asian American women -- Religious aspects; Hindu women -- United States -- Social life and customs; Muslim women -- United States -- Social life and customs