Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion

Contents
Preface
Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction. Narrative Cultures and the Aesthetics of Religion: An Introduction
Part 1: Encounters: Vernacular Religious Storytelling
Chapter 1. One Ritual—Many Stories: On Making Sense of a Hindu Ritual
Chapter 2. Narrating Spirit Possession
Chapter 3. How to Sense a Ghost: On the Aesthetics of Legend Traditions
Chapter 4. Studying Religions as Narrative Cultures: Angel Experience Narratives in the Netherlands and Some Ideas for a Narrative Research Program for the Study of Religion
Part 2: Identities: Narrating and Counter-narrating Gods and People
Chapter 5. Feeling Narrative Cultures: Analyzing Emotions in Religious Narratives with Examples from Old-Babylonian Ninurta Myths
Chapter 6. Aztec Pictorial Narratives: Visual Strategies to Activate Embodied Meaning and the Transformation of Identity in the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2
Chapter 7. Transmedial Narrative Cultures: Upanishadic Spirituality in the Indian Tele-Serial ``Upanishad Ganga''
Chapter 8. Storytelling and Mediation: The Aesthetics of a Counter-narrative of Atheism in South India
Part 3: Arts: Narrative Craft beyond Words
Chapter 9. Braiding Ropes, Weaving Baskets: The Narrative Culture of Ancient Monasticism
Chapter 10. Immersing in the World of Radha and Krishna: Visual Storytelling in the Context of Religious Practice
Chapter 11. Foundational Narratives in Chan/Zen Buddhism and the Observation of the Ineffable: Two ``Public Cases'' (gong'an/koan) of the Gateless Barrier of Chan Lineage
Chapter 12. Poetic Imagination in Scientific Practice: Grand Unification as Narrative Worldmaking
Afterthoughts. What Happens When the Story Is Told? Reflections on the Aesthetics of Narrative Worldmaking and Aesthetic Sensation—Afterthoughts
Subject Index