Living our religions :  Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences / 
[edited] by Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha ; with Shobha Hamal Gurung ... [et al.]. 
 - Sterling, VA :  Kumarian Press,  2009. 
 - vii, 341 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha -- Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha -- The interconnecting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil -- Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur -- At the crossroads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the United States / Bidya Ranjeet -- Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena -- I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal -- Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha -- Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, and boundaries / Bandana Purkayastha -- Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan -- Living Hinduism and striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao -- Mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury -- Religion as inspiration, religion as action / Aysha Saeed -- Muslim women b 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781565492707 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781565492714 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>South Asian American women--Religious aspects.<br/>Hindu women--Social life and customs.--United States<br/>Muslim women--Social life and customs.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.40954