The Saint of Kathmandu

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
• | Publisher: Beacon Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0807013137
• | ISBN-13: 9780807013137