The Saint of Kathmandu (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807013137)

With the deft evocations of a master storyteller and the exhaustive knowledge of a scholar, LeVine takes us on a quest to understand the role of religious belief in everyday life around the globe. She writes of uneasy relations between Islam and spirit possession in a Nigerian town; of a Nepalese teenager's flight from an arranged marriage to become a feminist Buddhist nun; of Mexican women taking the Virgin Mary as their role model; and of American Zen Buddhists struggling to maintain their community despite a deeply flawed teacher. These stories and more give a larger picture of religious faith, one that has little to do with doctrine or philosophical abstractions.

Author: Sarah Levine
ISBN-10: 0807013137
ISBN-13: 9780807013137
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2009
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80d