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Podcast: New Books in Sociology
Episode: From the Indian Goddess to Icelandic Spirits
Description: A candid conversation with Corinne Dempsey on her wide-ranging, fascinating research in religion, from the Indian Goddess in New York and Icelandic Spirit Work.Books
The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple
Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India
Bringing the Sacred Down to Earth: Adventures in Comparative Religion
Bridges Between Worlds: Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland
Raj Balkaran is a scholar of Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at h...