Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Some Reasons for this Book
Part One. Scandals, Publics, and the Recent Study of Religion
1. Scandalous Controversies and Public Spaces
2. Religions, Audiences, and the Idea of the Public Sphere
3. The 1990s: Cultural Recognition, Internet Utopias, and Postcolonial Identities
4. Ancestors' Publics
Part Two. Case Studies
5. Mother Earth : The Near Impossibility of a Public
6. The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Competing Public Histories
7. Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance : An Emerging Global Public
8. The Illegitimacy of Jesus : Strong Publics in Conflict
9. God's Phallus : The Refusal of Public Engagement
10. KĀLĪ's Child : The Challenge of Secret Publics
Part Three. New Publics, New Possibilities
11. Scholars, Foolish Wisdom, and Dwelling in the Space Between
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index