Introduction: Some Reasons for this Book
Part One Scandals, Publics, and the Recent Study of Religion
One Scandalous Controversy and Public Spaces
Two Public Spheres/Public Spaces
Three The Nineties: Cultural Recognition, Internet Utopias, and Postcolonial Identities
Four Ancestors’ Publics
Part Two Case Studies
Five
Mother Earth: The Near Impossibility of a Public
Six
The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Competing Public Histories
Seven
Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: An Emerging Global Public
Eight
The Illegitimacy of Jesus: Strong Publics in Conflict
Nine
God’s Phallus: The Refusal of Public Engagement
Ten
Kali’s Child: The Challenge of Secret Publics
Part Three New Publics, New Possibilities
Eleven Scholars, Foolish Wisdom, and Dwelling in the Space Between
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index