Author : Julius Lipner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,79 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 9780415051811
Hindus will be valuable on more than one level: as a source of instruction, as a basis for discussion, seminars and further study, even as a challenge for further research. It provides a new perspective on what it means to live as a Hindu and enables readers to appreciate this great and marvellous religious phenomenon, its extraordinary richness, and the way it encompasses the diversity of human experience.
Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594202056
An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. The Hindus brings a fascinating multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant and creative thinkers have kept Hinduism alive in ways that other scholars have not fully explored. In this unique and authoritative account, debates about Hindu traditions become platforms to consider history as a whole.
Author : Trinath Mishra
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 23,23 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Death
ISBN :
Author : Natalie Lang
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781800730274
Seeking recognition presents an important driving force in the making of religious minorities, as is shown in this study that examines current debates on religion, globalization, diaspora, and secularism through the lens of Hindus living in the French overseas department of La Réunion. Through the examination of religious practices and public performance, the author offers a compelling study of how the Hindus of the island assert pride in their religion as a means of gaining recognition, self-esteem, and social status.
Author : Hindol Sengupta
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1442267461
Winner of the 2018 Wilbur Award There are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only built and sustained the world’s largest democracy but have also sustained one of the greatest philosophical streams in the world for more than three thousand years. So, what makes a Hindu? Why is so little heard from the real practitioners of the everyday faith? Why does information never go beyond clichés? Being Hindu is a practitioner’s guide that takes the reader on a journey to very simply understand what the Hindu message is, where it stands in the clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, and why the Hindu way could yet be the path for plurality and progress in the twenty-first century.
Author : Ed Viswanathan
Publisher : books catalog
Page : pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 9780010004656
Author : Jeffery D. Long
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0810879603
The Historical Dictionary of Hinduism relates the history of Hinduism through a chronology, an introductory essay, photos, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,000 cross referenced dictionary entries on Hindu terminology, names of major historical figures and movements, gods and goddesses, prominent temples, terms for items used in Hindu practice, major texts, philosophical concepts, and more. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Hinduism.
Author : Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195640137
This book provides a description and interpretation of the religion of the Hindus, focusing on their religious psychology and behaviour. Rejecting familiar assumptions about early Hinduism, Nirad C. Chaudhuri makes a brilliant reassessment of its formative influences and examines temple and image worship in general, and the three major cults of Siva, Krishna and the Mother Goddess.
Author : Bansi Pandit
Publisher : New Age Books
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 9788178220079
Author : Murali Balaji
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,52 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498559182
This edited volume seeks to build a scholarly discourse about how Hinduism is being defined, reformed, and rearticulated in the digital era and how these changes are impacting the way Hindus view their own religious identities. It seeks to interrogate how digital Hinduism has been shaped in response to the dominant framing of the religion, which has often relied on postcolonial narratives devoid of context and an overemphasis on the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent post-partition. From this perspective, this volume challenges previous frameworks of how Hinduism has been studied, particularly in the West, where Marxist and Orientalist approaches are often ill-fitting paradigms to understanding Hinduism. This volume engages with and critiques some of these approaches while also enriching existing models of research within media studies, ethnography, cultural studies, and religion.
