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Hinduism in India. Modern and contemporary movements / edited by Will Sweetman, Aditya Malik

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne: Sage, C 2016Description: xvii, 300 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789351500995
  • 9351500993
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 294.5 M261H
LOC classification:
  • BL1153.5 .H56 2016
  • BL1153.5 .H56 2016
Contents:
Emergence and significance of the term "Hinduism" / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Hinduism and modernity / Will Sweetman -- Hinduism and law / Timothy Lubin -- Hinduism and economics / Thomas Birtchnell -- Sacred in modern Hindu politics: historical processes underlying Hinduism and Hindutva / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- Media Hinduism / Ursula Rao -- Modern Hindu guru movements / Michael James Spurr -- Folk Hinduism: the middle ground? / Aditya Malik -- Hinduism and healing / Fabrizio M. Ferrari -- Possession / Elisabeth Schömbucher -- Urban Hindu arranged marriage in contemporary Indian society / Reshmi Lahiri-Roy -- On Hinduism and caste / Vinay Kumar Srivastava
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Emergence and significance of the term "Hinduism" / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Hinduism and modernity / Will Sweetman -- Hinduism and law / Timothy Lubin -- Hinduism and economics / Thomas Birtchnell -- Sacred in modern Hindu politics: historical processes underlying Hinduism and Hindutva / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- Media Hinduism / Ursula Rao -- Modern Hindu guru movements / Michael James Spurr -- Folk Hinduism: the middle ground? / Aditya Malik -- Hinduism and healing / Fabrizio M. Ferrari -- Possession / Elisabeth Schömbucher -- Urban Hindu arranged marriage in contemporary Indian society / Reshmi Lahiri-Roy -- On Hinduism and caste / Vinay Kumar Srivastava

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