Defining Hinduism - A Reader

List of contents

Introduction: The Problem of Defining Hinduism; PART 1. DEFINITIONS OF HINDUISM; Orientation; 1 Wilhelm Halbfass, The Idea of the Veda and the Identity of Hinduism; 2 Julius J. Lipner, Ancient Banyan: An Inquiry into the Meaning of "Hinduness"; PART II. HINDUISM IN PRECOLONIAL PERIOD; Orientation; 3 David N. Lorenzen, Who Invented Hinduism?; 4 Will Sweetman, Unity and Plurality: Hinduism and the Religions of India in Early European Scholarship; PART III. HINDUISM IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD; AND IN INDEPENDENT INDIA; Orientation; 5 Brian K. Smith, Questioning Authority: Constructions and Deconstructions of Hinduism; 6 Robert Eric Frykenberg, Constructions of Hinduism at the Nexus of History and Religion; PART IV. HINDUISM AND CASTE; Orientation; 7 Mary Searle-Chatterjee, "World Religions" and "Ethnic Groups": Do These Paradigms Lend Themselves to the Cause of Hindu Nationalism?"; 8 Gail Omvedt, Introduction to Dalit Visions; 9 Timothy Fitzgerald, Problems with "Religion" as a Category for Understanding Hinduism

About the author

J. E. Llewellyn is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University.

Summary

An anthology of writings on what Hinduism is, and also what it has been and the history of the religion and of the term 'Hinduism.'

Product details

• Authors: Llewellyn, J. E. Llewellyn, Llewellyn J. E.
• Assisted by: J. E. Llewellyn (Editor), Russell T. Mccutcheon (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138380844
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38084-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism