{"product_id":"hindu-gods-in-an-american-landscape-changing-perceptions-of-indian-sacred-images-in-the-global-age-9780786499441","title":"Hindu Gods in an American Landscape: Changing Perceptions of Indian Sacred Images in the Global Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. Allen Richardson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hinduism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46480253059223,"sku":"9780786499441","price":2831.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786499441.jpg?v=1766308279","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hindu-gods-in-an-american-landscape-changing-perceptions-of-indian-sacred-images-in-the-global-age-9780786499441","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}