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The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world-as old as. .In this eloquent, finely observed study, Diana Eck shows how the city over the centuries has become a lens through which the Hindu vision of the world is precisely focused.

The sacred city of Banāras on the River Ganges is one of the oldest living cities in the world-as old as Jerusalem, Athens, and Peking. It is the place where Shiva, the Lord of All, is said to have made his permanent home since the dawn of creation. She reveals the spiritual and historical resonance of this holy place where great sages such as the Buddha and Shankara were taught, where ashrams, palaces, and universities were built, where God has been imagined and imagined in a thousand ways.

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A luminous work, as befits this City of Light

A luminous work, as befits this City of Light. I know of few books that capture the soul of a sacred city to the degree that this one does -Huston Smith, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion, Syracuse University One of the oldest living cities in the world, Banaras is also where Shiva, the Lord of All, is believed to have made his home since the dawn of creation. Among other works, she is the author of "Banaras, City of Light," "Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India," "Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras," and A New Religious America: How a "Christian Country" Became the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation.

Diana Eck's academic work has a dual focus-India and America. Her work on India focuses on popular religion, especially temples and places of pilgrimage, called tirthas

Diana Eck's academic work has a dual focus-India and America. Her work on India focuses on popular religion, especially temples and places of pilgrimage, called tirthas. Her books include Banaras: City of Light and Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India and her most recent work, India: A Sacred Geography, published in 2012. Her work on the United States focuses especially on the challenges of religious pluralism in a multireligious society

Diana L. Eck (born 1945 in Bozeman, Montana) is a scholar of religious .

Diana L. Eck (born 1945 in Bozeman, Montana) is a scholar of religious studies who is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, as well as a former faculty dean of Lowell House and the Director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard. Among other works, she is the author of Banaras, City of Light, Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India, Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras, and A New Religious America: How a Christian Country Became the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation

In Banaras, Diana Ec.Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city.

In Banaras, Diana Ec. Journal of the American Academy of Religion). A major event among studies of India. John Stratton Hawley Asia). Eck is a master of tone here.

In BANARAS, Diana Eck. has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites. Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city". Mitä ihmiset sanovat - Kirjoita arvostelu. Yhtään arvostelua ei löytynyt. Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki. Banaras: CITY OF LIGHT Diana L. Eck Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2013. Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city. Diana L. Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University.