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The Oxford history of Hinduism: modern Hinduism

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Oxford history of HinduismPublication details: Oxford University Press 2019 New DelhiDescription: x, 317 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9780198854784
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.52114 O9
Summary: The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism focuses on developments resulting from movements within the tradition as well as contact between India and the outside world through both colonialism and globalization. Divided into three parts, part one considers the historical background to modern conceptualizations of Hinduism. Moving away from the reforms of the 19th and early 20th century, part two includes five chapters each presenting key developments and changes in religious practice in modern Hinduism. Part three moves to issues of politics, ethics, and law. This section maps and explains the powerful legal and political contexts created by the modern state—first the colonial government and then the Indian Republic—which have shaped Hinduism in new ways. The last two chapters look at Hinduism outside India focusing on Hinduism in Nepal and the modern Hindu diaspora. https://india.oup.com/product/the-oxford-history-of-hinduism-modern-hinduism-9780198854784?
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Table of contents

Notes on Contributors
Series Introduction, Gavin Flood
Introduction: Modernity and Hinduism, Torkel Brekke
1: Early Modern Hinduism, Adrian Plau
2: Rammohun Roy and the Bengal Renaissance, Dermot Killingley
3: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and modern Hinduism, Hans Harder
4: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and ISKCON, Ferdinando Sardella
5: Murti, Idol, Art, and Commodity: The Multiple Identities of Hindu Images, Tanisha Ramachandran
6: Indian Cinema and Modern Hinduism, Gayatri Chatterjee
7: Hindu Pilgrimage and Modern Tourism, Knut Aukland
8: Hinduism and New Age: Patrimonial Oneness and Religious Cosmopolitanism, Kathinka Frøystad
9: Online Hinduism, Heinz Scheifinger
10: The Modern Hindu Diaspora, Vineeta Sinha
11: The History of Hindu Nationalism in India, Manjari Katju
12: Caste and Contemporary Hindu Society: Community, Politics and Work, Divya Vaid and Ankur Datta
13: Hindu Law in Modern Times: How Hindu Law Continues in Modern India, Werner Menski
14: Modern Hindu Dharma and Environmentalism, Pankaj Jain
15: Hinduism in the Secular Republic of Nepal, David N. Gellner and Chiara Letizia

The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism focuses on developments resulting from movements within the tradition as well as contact between India and the outside world through both colonialism and globalization. Divided into three parts, part one considers the historical background to modern conceptualizations of Hinduism. Moving away from the reforms of the 19th and early 20th century, part two includes five chapters each presenting key developments and changes in religious practice in modern Hinduism. Part three moves to issues of politics, ethics, and law. This section maps and explains the powerful legal and political contexts created by the modern state—first the colonial government and then the Indian Republic—which have shaped Hinduism in new ways. The last two chapters look at Hinduism outside India focusing on Hinduism in Nepal and the modern Hindu diaspora.

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