TY  - BOOK
AU  - Long,Jeffery D.
TI  - A vision for Hinduism: beyond Hindu nationalism 
SN  - 9780755624669 (online)
AV  - BL1150 .L66 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - India
KW  - Essence, genius, nature
KW  - Relations
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - BIC
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also issued in print; Electronic reproduction; London; Bloomsbury Publishing; 2020; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement
N2  - "Two radically different ideologies are currently competing for the loyalties of the Hindu community. One of these ideologies, Hindu nationalism, conceives of Hinduness as co-extensive with Indianness. The other ideology, which has been articulated by such figures as Sri Ramakrishna and Mahatma Gandhi, repesents Hinduism as the 'eternal' or 'universal' religion. This is an idea of Hinduism that is pluralistic and all-inclusive. Arguing that Hindu nationalism is not only destructive of communal relations, but that it also prevents Hinduism from emerging as a world religion in the true sense of the term, the author here explores a reconfigured version of the second of these two ideologies. He presents a vision of Hinduism as a tradition capable of pointing the way towards a future in which all the world's religions manifest complementary visions of a larger reality - and in which they all, in various ways, participate. This radical religious agenda puts a new and exciting perspective on Hindu and South Asian studies alike."--Bloomsbury Publishing
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755624669?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
ER  -