Gateways to the Goddess: Devotion to Kali in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0084
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0084
- Author or attribution
- Nicole C. Petersen
- Record type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2014
- Source / repository
- Hamline University
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Theses and Dissertations; Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions
Description and curator notes
An honors thesis comparing Kali devotion across Indian and North American settings. Petersen combines attention to sacred relationships, sensory practice, and the social circumstances of worship with a discussion of how religious traditions are reinterpreted across cultures. The work is relevant to contemporary temple life and Western engagements with Kali, including the differences between preserving inherited Hindu practices and adopting the goddess within new spiritual frameworks. Its accessible presentation and bibliography can help orient further research. It should be cataloged accurately as undergraduate honors research rather than as a peer-reviewed monograph or doctoral dissertation.
KALI-0084 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: Nicole C. Petersen
Publication: Hamline University · 2014
Departmental Honors Projects 26, Global Studies, Fall 2014; 81 PDF pages
Format / language: Undergraduate honors thesis · English
Kali relevance: Kali devotion is the central subject.
Context: India and North America; cross-cultural devotion.
Subjects: Theses and Dissertations; Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions
Evidence / reliability: Institutional repository; degree level or research format stated explicitly
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Freely readable from the stated institutional or original publication host. Copyright retained; no general republication licence established. Link to the work rather than copying it.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=dhp
Source record: https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/dhp/26/
Source access
Read or locate the original source at Hamline University
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Freely readable from the stated institutional or original publication host. Copyright retained; no general republication licence established. Link to the work rather than copying it. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
Nicole C. Petersen. Gateways to the Goddess: Devotion to Kali in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Hamline University · 2014.
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