Hindu Religious Tradition - A New Historical, Anthropological, and Philological Approach

The Hindu Religious Tradition by Thomas J. Hopkins, originally published in 1971, provided a comprehensive survey of Hindu development from the Indus civilization to the present.This volume is an invaluable resource for students in need of an introduction to the history and practice of Hinduism.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. The Beginnings of Indian Culture 2. The First Indian Villages and Cities 3. Indus Valley Religion: Exploring The Remains Of India's First Urban Culture 4. Post-Urban Indian Cultures prior to the ¿ryans 5. The Foundations of Hindu Synthesis of ¿ryan and Non-¿ryans Religion 6. Early Vedic Religion 7. The ¿räyakas and Upani¿ads 8. ¿ryans and Dravidians 9. The Development of Non-Vedic India 10. Challenges and Changes: The Persians and the Greeks Enter India 11. The New Br¿hmäical Synthesis: Yoga, Theism, and ¿srama 12. Indo-Greeks and Synthesis in the Hindu Epics 13. ¿akas, S¿tav¿hanas, and the Early Pur¿¿as 14. Kush¿ns, Guptas, and the Emergence of Hindu Theism 15. The Continuing Hindu Tradition Index

About the author

Thomas J. Hopkins was Professor of Religious Studies at Franklin and Marshall College, USA.
Graham M. Schweig is Professor and Director of Studies in Religion at Christopher Newport University, Virginia, and Distinguished Teaching and Research Faculty at the Center for Dharma Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, USA.

Summary

The Hindu Religious Tradition by Thomas J. Hopkins, originally published in 1971, provided a comprehensive survey of Hindu development from the Indus civilization to the present.This volume is an invaluable resource for students in need of an introduction to the history and practice of Hinduism.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas J. Hopkins, Thomas J. Schweig Hopkins, Hopkins Thomas J., Graham M. Schweig, Schweig Graham M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032744711
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274471-1
• No. of pages: 390
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, Religion: general, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings