Hinduism and Tribal Religions [electronic resource] /
Jain, Pankaj.editor.
Sherma, Rita.editor.
Khanna, Madhu.editor.
This volume offers an overview of Hinduism as found in India and the diaspora. Exploring Hinduism in India in dynamic interaction, rather than in isolation, the volume discusses the relation of Hinduism with other religions of Indian origin and with religions which did not originate in India but have been a major feature of its religious landscape. These latter religions include Islam and Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. The volume also covers Hinduism's close association with Tribal Religions, sometimes called Primal Religions. As its second main theme, the volume examines the phenomenon of Hinduism in the diaspora. The Indian diaspora is now beginning to make its presence felt, both in India and abroad. In India, the Indian government annually hosts a diaspora event called Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), in recognition of the growing importance of the twenty-million-strong diaspora. Although not all Indians are Hindus, most are, both in India and abroad, and a strong sense of Hindu identity is emerging among diasporic Hindus. This volume fills the need felt by Hindus both in India and the diaspora for more knowledge about modern-day Hinduism, Hindu history and traditions. It takes into account three main aspects of Hinduism: that the active pan-Indian and diasporic language of the Hindus is English; that modern Hindus need a rational rather than a devotional or traditional exposition of the religion; and that they need information about and arguments to address the stereotypes which characterize the presentation of Hinduism in academia and the media, especially in the West. .
From the Contents: Adivasi -- Colonial Perceptions of Tribal Religion -- Khasi Religion -- Medical System of the Khos -- Religion of Bharias -- Religion of the Ao Naga -- Religion of the Ho Tribe -- Religion of the Raika-Rebari -- Religion of the Sumi Naga -- Religion of the Tiwas -- Abhinavagupta -- Abortion (Hinduism) -- Acintya-bhedābheda-Tattva -- Adhikāra -- Adultery (Hinduism) -- Agastya -- Agrahāra -- Ahalyā, the Human Face of Sacred Infidelity -- Aitareya Brāhmaṇa -- Akka Mahādevī -- Alcohol (Use of) -- Alexander the Great -- Amṛtānanda Mayī Mā (Ammachi) -- Anandamarga (Ānandamārga) -- Appar -- Appayya Dīkṣita -- Arcāvatāra -- Ardhanārīśvara -- Arjuna -- Aryan [Āryan] -- Astronomy -- Aum -- Auroville -- Auspiciousness -- Avidyā -- Aśvamedha -- Babri Masjid (Bābarī Masjid) -- Bahuchara Mata (Deity of Transgenders) -- Basava -- Basham, A. L. -- Besant, Annie -- Bhandarkar, R.G -- Bharat Dharma Mahamandal -- Bhedābheda -- Bhoga -- Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- Bhārata Mātā -- Bhāravi -- Bhāskara -- Bhīma -- Bhīṣma -- Bioethics (Hinduism) -- Birth Control -- Brahma Kumaris -- Brahma Sūtras (Vedānta Sūtras) -- Brahman -- Brahmo Samaj -- Brahmotsava -- Brahmā -- Brāhmaṇa (Brahmin/Brahman) -- Brāhmaṇas -- Bādarāyaṇa -- Bāuls -- Caribbean and Central America, Hinduism in -- Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra -- China (Hinduism) -- Cilappatikāram (Śilappadigāram, Shilappadigaram) -- Cinema, Hindu Themes in -- Citamparam (Chidambaram) -- Dattātreya -- Daṇḍanīti -- Demon (Hinduism) -- Devīmāhātmya -- Dharma -- Dhyāna -- Dhṛtarāṣṭra -- Education, Hindu (Ancient, Classical, Modern, and Contemporary) -- Ekādaśī -- Environmentalism (Hinduism) -- Ganesh Chaturthi (Gaṇeśa Caturthī) -- Gaṅgeśa -- Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapati) -- God, Overview -- Hagiography -- Hanumān (Hanumant, Hanūman) -- Hariścandra -- Harivaṃśa -- Hastings, Warren -- Hijra (Hijaḍā) -- Himālaya -- Hindu Charitable Endowments -- Hindu Diaspora in Portugal: the Case of our Lady of Fatima Devotion -- Hindu Mahasabha -- Hinduism and Commercialization -- Hinduism in Africa -- Internet, Hinduism on -- Jajmānī System -- Janābāi -- Jones, William -- Jīva Gosvāmin -- Jīvanmukti -- Kaaval Katavul (Guarding Deities) -- Kaavu in Kerala (Sacred Groves in Kerala) -- Kabīr -- Kali -- Kane, P.V -- Kaurava -- Kaśmir Śaivism -- Kirtan in North America -- Krishnamurti, Jiddu -- Kriya Yoga -- Kumbha Mela -- Kuntī -- Liṅgāyata -- Loka -- Lokāyata -- Lāl Ded -- Līlā -- Madhusūdhana Sarasvatī -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- Mahā-vākya -- Mahābalipuram (Māmmalapuram) -- Mahābhārata -- Mantra -- Manuscripts (Hinduism) -- Mathematics -- Matrilineality (Hinduism) -- Maṇimēkalai -- Maṇipravāḷa -- Meaning (Hinduism) -- Medicine (Hinduism) -- Meditation (Hinduism) -- Megasthenes -- Menstruation: Pollutant to Potent -- Naiker, E.V. Ramaswami ("Periyar") -- Nambudiri -- Nammāḻvār -- Naraka -- Nathdwara -- Nationalism (Hinduism) -- Navagraha -- Navarātri -- Naṭarāja -- Neo Vedānta -- Nimbārka -- Nirukta -- Nivedita, Sister -- Nivṛtti -- Niyoga -- Numbers -- Nyāya (and Navya-Nyāya) -- Old Age -- Omniscience (Hinduism) -- Pallava Dynasty -- Periya Purāṇam -- Pilgrimage - Hinduism -- Poṅkal (Pongal) -- Prahlāda -- Prakṛti -- Pramāṇa -- Prapatti -- Prarthana Samaj -- Pratyabhijñā -- Prayaschitta -- Proverb (Hinduism) -- Psychological Method -- Reason (Hinduism) -- Rebirth (Hinduism) -- Relativity (Hinduism) -- Religious Tourism -- Rishikesh (Hṛṣīkeśa) -- Sahaja -- Saints, Overview -- Samādhi -- Sanskrit (Saṃskṛt) -- Sanskrit literature in Maharashtra folk art Keertan -- Sanskritization (Hinduism) -- Sat -- Sati (Suttee) -- Satyabhāmā -- Savarkar, Vinayak Damodhar ("Veer") -- Saṃnyāsa -- Science -- Scripture (Hinduism) -- Shamanism.
This volume offers an overview of Hinduism as found in India and the diaspora. Exploring Hinduism in India in dynamic interaction, rather than in isolation, the volume discusses the relation of Hinduism with other religions of Indian origin and with religions which did not originate in India but have been a major feature of its religious landscape. These latter religions include Islam and Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. The volume also covers Hinduism's close association with Tribal Religions, sometimes called Primal Religions. As its second main theme, the volume examines the phenomenon of Hinduism in the diaspora. The Indian diaspora is now beginning to make its presence felt, both in India and abroad. In India, the Indian government annually hosts a diaspora event called Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), in recognition of the growing importance of the twenty-million-strong diaspora. Although not all Indians are Hindus, most are, both in India and abroad, and a strong sense of Hindu identity is emerging among diasporic Hindus. This volume fills the need felt by Hindus both in India and the diaspora for more knowledge about modern-day Hinduism, Hindu history and traditions. It takes into account three main aspects of Hinduism: that the active pan-Indian and diasporic language of the Hindus is English; that modern Hindus need a rational rather than a devotional or traditional exposition of the religion; and that they need information about and arguments to address the stereotypes which characterize the presentation of Hinduism in academia and the media, especially in the West. .
Philosophy, Asian.
Christianity.
Judaism.
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Non-Western Philosophy.
Christianity.
Judaism.
Comparative Religion.
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