Tandberg, Håkon Naasen
Relational Religion

Fires as Confidants in Parsi Zoroastrianism.

Håkon Naasen Tandberg explores how, when, and why humans relate to the non-human world. Based on two ethnographic fieldworks among the Parsis in Mumbai, the research focuses on the role of temple fires in the lives of present-day Parsi Zoroastrians in India as an empirical case. Through four ethnographic portraits, the reader will get a deeper look into the lives of four Parsi individuals, and how their individual biographies, personalities, and interhuman relationships, along with religious identities and roles, shape-and to a certain extent are shaped by- their personal relationships with non-human entities. 245 Seiten mit 26 Abb., gebunden (Critical Studies in Religion/Religionswissenschaft; Vol. 13/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2019) Archivexemplarstempel auf Kopfschnitt, Einband berieben/archive copy stamp on head cut, rubbed