What is Hinduism?
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What is Hinduism?

A Student's Introduction

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What is Hinduism?

A Student's Introduction

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This book is an engaging introduction to the complex religious tradition of Hinduism. Central to its focus is demonstrating the fundamental diversity within Hinduism through the multiplicity of its core beliefs and traditions.

Chapters are divided into four historical categories – Vedic, Ascetic, Classical, and Contemporary Hinduism – with each examining one deity alongside one key term, serving as a twin focal point for a more complex discussion of related key texts, ideas, social structures, religious practices, festivals, and concepts such as ritual and sacrifice, music and devotion, and engagement and renunciation. The organization of this book requires that we see deities as not simply divine individuals who preside over one part of the Hindu world, but that each deity operates as a larger cultural category whose related persons, concepts, and practices provide a vivid lens through which Hindu devotees see and continue to readapt to the world in which they live.

With study questions, glossaries, and lists of key contemporary figures, this book is an essential and comprehensive resource for students encountering the multiplicity of Hinduism for the first time.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2024
ISBN
9781040025925
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of illustrations
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: Multiplicity – the One, the Many, and the Multiple
  11. 1. Indra and the Vedas: Ritual knowledge, royal power, and fertility in ancient India
  12. 2. Shiva and yoga: Transgression and liberation on the banks of the Ganges River
  13. 3. Ram and dharma: Preservation, power, and politics in the eternal city of Ayodhya
  14. 4. Krishna and bhakti: Devotion, play, and performance in the twelve forests of Braj
  15. 5. Lakshmi and shri: Glory, femininity, and domesticity among Hindu women
  16. 6. Durga and shakti: Power, control, and sacrifice in the tantric world
  17. 7. Swaminarayan and seva: Service, spirituality, and reform in the British Empire
  18. 8. Amma and the guru: The dynamics of Global Hinduism
  19. 9. Conclusion: Kamadhenu: the Hindu cow, politics, and the environment
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index