num_pages: 337
description: The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essaysmany recognized as classics in the fieldthat present Hinduism as a vibrant truly lived religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known this volume begins its journey in the new India of Bangalore Indias Silicon Valley where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu worship life-cycle rites festivals performances gurus and castes. The books final sections deal with the Hinduism that is emerging in diasporic North America and with issues of identity that face Hindus in India and around the world: militancy versus tolerance and the struggle between owning ones own religion and sharing it with others.Contributors: Andrew Abbott Michael Burawoy Patricia Hill Collins Barbara Ehrenreich Evelyn Nakano Glenn Sharon Hays Douglas Massey Joya Misra Orlando Patterson Frances Fox Piven Lynn Smith-Lovin Judith Stacey Arthur Stinchcombe Alain Touraine Immanuel Wallerstein William Julius Wilson Robert Zussman
language: English
title: The Life of Hinduism (Volume 3)
publisher: University of California Press