Defining Hinduism - A Reader

Informationen zum Autor J. E. Lllewellyn is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Southwest Missouri State University. He has written two books and a number of articles on the religions of South Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Problem of Defining Hinduism PART I: Definitions of Hinduism 1 Wilhelm Halbfass - The Idea of the Veda and the Identity of Hinduism 2 Julius J. Lipner - Ancient Banyan: An Inquiry in the Meaning of "Hinduness" PART II: Hinduism in the Precolonial Period 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 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 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 Bibliography Index

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• Authors: J. E. Llewellyn, J. E. (EDT) Llewellyn
• Assisted by: J. E. Llewellyn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2006
• EAN: 9780415974493
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97449-3
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works