Books
Bechert, Heinz : The world of Buddhism. Buddhist monks and nuns in society and culture, 2002. Thames and Hudson, London.
Fuller, Christopher John : The camphor flame : popular Hinduism and society in India, 2004. Princeton University Press. Revised and expanded edition.
Michaels, Axel: Hindusim: past and present, 2004. Princeton University Press.
Compendium
Michael Witzel : "Vedas and Upani?ads" i Flood, G. D. (ed): The Blackwell companion to Hinduism, 2003. Oxford, Blackwell. pp. 68-101.
K. W. Folkert: "Introduction to Jainism" i Folkert, K. W. and J. E. Cort : Scripture and community: collected essays on the Jains, 1993. Atlanta, Ga., Scholars Press. chapter 1.
Padmanabh S. Jaini: "ahi?sā: A Jaina Way of Spiritual Discipline" i P. Jaini: Collected Papers on Jaina Studies, 2000. Dehli. pp. 3-19.
John Brockington: "The Sanskrit Epics" i Flood, G. D. : The Blackwell companion to Hinduism, 2003. Oxford, Blackwell. pp. 116-128.
Susan S. Wadley: "Popular culture and the North Indian oral Epic Dhola" i Indian Folklore Research Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001. pp13-24.
Roma Chatterji: "The Category of Folk" i Veena Das (ed.): The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, 2003. OUP. pp 567-597.
Guy Poitevin: "Popular Traditions, Strategic Assets" i In Indian Folklore Research Journal, Vol.1, No 2., 2001. pp. 81-109.
Günther-Dietz Sontheimer: "Rudra and Khandoba: Continuity in Folk Religion" i A. Feldhaus, A. Malik, H. Brückner (eds.): King of Hunters, Warriors, and Shepherds: Essays on Kha??obā, 1997. Dehli. pp. 97-113.
William Sax: "The Hall of Mirrors: Orientalism, Anthropology, and the ?Other“" i William S. Sax: Dancing the Self , 2003. OUO. pp. 186-200.
John Stratton Hawley: "Author and Authority" i Hawley, John Stratton: Three Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas and Kabir in their times and ours, 2005. OUP. pp.21-47.
Jamal Malik: "Canons, Charismas and Identities in Modern Islam" i Dalmia, Vasudha & Angelika Malinar & Martin Christof (ed.): Charisma and Canon: Essays on the Religious History of the Indian Subcontinent, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 376-387.
Richard M. Eaton: "Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States" i Journal of Islamic Studies 11.3 , 2000. pp. 283-319.
Brückner, Heidrun : "Fluid Canons and Shared Charisma: On Success and Failure of Ritual Performance in a South Indian Oral Tradition" i Dalmia, Vasudha & Angelika Malinar & Martin Christof (ed.): Charisma and Canon: Essays on the Religious History of the Indian Subcontinent, New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 313-327.
Kathleen M. Erndl: "Possession by Durga: The Mother Who Possesses" i ed. by John Stratton Hawley and Vasudha Narayanan: The Life of Hinduism, pp 158-170.
Erika Bourguignon: "Suffering and Healing, Subordination and Power: Women and Possession Trance" i Ethos Vol. 32 Issue 4, 2004. pp. 557-574.
Seligman et. al., Ritual and its consequences. An Essay on the limits of sincerity. OUP 2008; chapter 1: Ritual and the subjunctive.
John MacAlloon: "Introduction: Cultural Performances" i John MacAlloon (ed).: Rite, Drama, Festival, Spectacle, 1984. pp. 1-14.
Crispin Branfoot, Gods on the move : architecture and ritual in the South Indian temple / Crispin Branfoot, Year: 2007 Printed: London : Society for South Asian Studies; chapter 5.
Downloadable articles
These articles are only available through university computers
Richard M. Eaton: "Sufi Folk Literature and the Expansion of Indian Islam" i History of Religions, Vol. 14, No. 2 , Nov. 1974. pp. 117-127. Fulltekst.
Mark Elmore: "“Theologies of visibility and evidentiary authority in eastern Himachal Pradesh" i Contemporary South Asia 15.1 , 2006. pp. 3-14. Fulltekst.
Hugh B. Urban: "Matrix of Power: Tantra, Kingship, and Sacrifice in the Worship of Mother Goddess Kamakhya" i South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, December 2008, 31.3. pp. 500-534(35). Fulltekst.
Victor Turner: "The Center Out There: Pilgrims’ Goal" i History of Religions , 12.3, 1973. pp. 191-230. Fulltekst.