Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities

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Figuring Religions Figuring Religions Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities edited by Shubha Pathak Cover Art: “Angel Caryatids,” photograph by Esther Kutnick, © Exploratorium, www. exploratorium.edu Cover Artist: Amane Kaneko Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2013 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Laurie Searl Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Figuring religions : comparing ideas, images, and activities / edited by Shubha Pathak. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-4537-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Religions. I. Pathak, Shubha, 1972BL87 .F54 2013 200—dc23 2012009850 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my womenfolk, whose love lives on . . . ...