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Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma from Bengal by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…This collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kālī and Umā. The poems — many of which are presented here for the…”
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New Age Hinduism, New Age Orientalism, and the Second-Generation South Asian by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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A History of Bangladesh. By Willem van Schendel. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. xxvi, 347 pp. $76.00 (cloth); $26.99 (paper) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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Bishop Stephen Neill: From Edinburgh to South India. By Dyron B. Doughrity. New York: Peter Lang, 2008. x, 305 pp. $77.95 (cloth) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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In Memoriam: Joseph Thomas O'Connell (1940—2012) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…An obituary for Joseph T. O'Connell is presented. O'Connell was a man for others, a scholar whose academic interests, professional activities, and community…”
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Fabulous Females and Peerless Pīrs: Tales of Mad Adventure in Old Bengal by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…Stewart has three interpretive interests in this material: he wants to draw attention to the tales as literature, comparing them with other similar genres,…”
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Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: “An Indian Soul in a European Body”? . By Kathleen  Taylor. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001. Pp. xvi+319, 8 plates. $45.00 (paper) by Fell McDermott, Rachel

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Seeking Mahādevī: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess. Edited by Tracy Pintchman. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. 244 pp. $65.50 (cloth); $21.95 (paper) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse . By Brian Hatcher. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. x+200. $45.00 by Fell McDermott, Rachel

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Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: “An Indian Soul in a European Body”? by Fell McDermott, Rachel

“…McDermott reviews Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: "An Indian Soul in a European Body"? by Kathleen Taylor…”
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Mother of Bliss: Ānandamayī Mā (1896–1982). By Lisa Lassell Hallstrom. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. xvi, 299 pp. $35.00 (cloth) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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Seeking Mahādevī: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…"Seeking Mahadevi: Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess" edited by Tracy Pintchman is reviewed…”
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Chinnamastā: The Aweful [sic] Buddhist and Hindu Tantric Goddess by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…A revised version of Benard's Ph.D. thesis from Columbia University, Chinnamasta is the first monograph to examine the rituals, symbolisms, and iconographic…”
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Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Work of Ramprasad. By Malcolm McLean. SUNY Series in Hindu Studies. Edited by Wendy Doniger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. xix, 205 pp. $59-50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

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Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…McDermott reviews Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary by Julius J. Lipner…”
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Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse by Fell McDermott, Rachel

“…"Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse" by Brian Hatcher is reviewed…”
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Mother of Bliss: Ānandamayī Mā (1896-1982) by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…"Mother of Bliss: Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982)" by Lisa Lassell Hallstrom is reviewed…”
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Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Work of Ramprasad by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…"Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Work of Ramprasad" by Malcolm McLean and edited by Wendy Doniger is reviewed…”
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Evidence for the transformation of the Goddess Kali: Kamalakanta Bhattacarya and the Bengali Sakta Padavali} tradition by McDermott, Rachel Fell

“…This is a study of the transformation of the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma, based on fieldwork conducted from 1988 to 1990 in West Bengal, India. The central…”
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Encountering Kali: In the Margins, at the Center, in the West by McDermott, Rachel Fell, Kripal, Jeffrey J

“…Encountering Kali explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kali. She is simultaneously understood as a…”
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