Hinduism in India : modern and contemporary movements / edited by Will Sweetman, Aditya Malik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sweetman, Will, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--India.

Hinduism.

India.

Local Subjects:

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

xv, 311 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016.

Summary:

A major contribution toward the ongoing debates on the nature and history of Hinduism in India. Is Hinduism coherent, or should it be viewed as a conglomeration of many distinctive traditions? What were (or are) its most important and central teachings? When did the idea of "Hinduism" first arise and what have been the consequences? What were the effects of British rule on the religion and what are the effects of continuing modernization? This book responds to all such debates surrounding Hinduism in the colonial and contemporary periods. It emphasizes on Hinduism as it arose and developed in the subcontinent itself--an approach which facilitates greater attention to detail and an understanding of the specific context in which new movements and changes have taken place. -- Amazon.com.

Contents:

The emergence and significance of the term "Hinduism" / Geoffrey A. Oddie

Hinduism and modernity / Will Sweetman

Hinduism and law / Timothy Lubin

Hinduism and economics / Thomas Birtchnell

The sacred in modern Hindu politics: historical processes underlying Hinduism and Hindutva / Robert Eric Frykenberg

Media Hinduism / Ursula Rao

Modern Hindu guru movements / Michael James Spurr

Folk Hinduism: the middle ground? / Aditya Malik

Hinduism and healing / Fabrizio M. Ferrari

Possession / Elisabeth Schömbucher

The urban Hindu arranged marriage in contemporary Indian society / Reshmi Lahiri-Roy

On Hinduism and caste / Vinay Kumar Srivastava.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789351500995

9351500993

OCLC:

966010181

Publisher Number:

99972632766