Hindus : their religious beliefs and practices / Julius Lipner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipner, Julius, author.

Series:

The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices

Library of religious beliefs and practices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Julius Lipner's Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world's great religious traditions. Hinduism comprises the religion and culture of the great majority of the people of India, a country tipped to become a world superpower politically, economically and culturally in the course of the present century. The vast array of diverse beliefs and practices usually described as 'Hindu' has been notoriously difficult to corral under a single regulating theme. Julius Lipner provides not only a wide-ranging introduction to Hindu religi

Contents:

1. About 'Hindu', Hinduism and this book

Pt. I. Guiding voices

2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word

3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word

4. The voice of scripture as Veda and 'Veda'

5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I)

6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II)

7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities

8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative

9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage

10. The voice of experience

Pt. II. Reason and morality

11. A story with a tale

12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth

Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity

13. Reckoning time and 'progress'

14. the sacred and its forms

15. Ways, means and ends

Concluding postscript.

Notes:

Previously published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-24060-4

1-283-64350-2

0-203-86464-6

1-135-24061-2

9780203864647

OCLC:

812916971