The Wiley Blackwell companion to Hinduism / (Record no. 92060)

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International Standard Book Number 1119144892
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Classification number 294.5
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Uniform title Blackwell companion to Hinduism.
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Title The Wiley Blackwell companion to Hinduism /
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Edition statement Second edition.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Hoboken, NJ :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2022.
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Extent 1 online resource (xiv, 621 pages) :
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Series statement The Wiley Blackwell companions to religion.
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary, etc "That religion is still of central importance in today's world can hardly be doubted as we see in political contestation and violent conflict throughout the world. In South Asia religion is at the center of controversy and ideological battles and questions about what it is to be a Hindu in the twenty-first century are vibrant. Questions concerning the relation of Hinduism to state and global politics, to the individual, and to the politics of identity are of great relevance to Hindus everywhere. On the one hand we have seen the world shrink through globalization along with the late modern erosion of tradition, while on the other we have seen the reinvigoration of some traditions and the reanimation of traditional forms of knowledge (such as Ayurveda and Yoga). Secularists in India would wish to see the complete erosion of religion in the public sphere of governance and its relegation to the private realm, while many religious nationalists would wish to see even more growth in the influence of religion in the political and public arena. These debates are enacted through media and public discourse from academic to popular realms. It is in the context of such vital issues that scholars in this book examine Hinduism in its widest sense, looking not only at questions of contemporary identity politics but also at historical questions and presenting historical accounts of particular texts and traditions. We certainly understand the present through the past, but we also wish to understand the past for the sake of increasing human knowledge. There is therefore great diversity in the following pages that seek both to account for the contemporary situation and to explain the historical trajectories that have led to the modern, global religion we call 'Hinduism.' From ancient Tamil texts to contemporary politics, all the essays gathered here bear a relation to that nebulous abstraction and raise many questions. Are we dealing with a single religion, an essence manifested in different forms? Or is Hinduism a diversity of distinct traditions sharing certain common features with no single feature being shared by them all? Or are we dealing with a fragmented, cultural reality of widely diverse beliefs and practices, inappropriately classified as a single religion? All of these positions have been adopted in understanding Hinduism. The answers to these questions will depend upon the historical period in question and the methods employed in their study. Closely connected to the scope of the field are questions about how to study Hinduism, whether anthropology, philology, history of religions, theology, literary studies, archaeology, or art history are appropriate methods, and questions about the different theoretical assumptions and implications of their use. The purpose of this introduction is therefore both to problematize 'Hinduism' and to provide a context for the essays that follow"--
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Personal name Flood, Gavin D.,
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Uniform title Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion.
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Uniform Resource Identifier https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119144892
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