Public Hinduisms
By: edited by John Zavos ...[et al.].
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9788132107408
Subjects: Hinduism and culture; Hinduism; Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of plates; title: Preface; title: Section A: Researching public Hinduisms / edited by John Zavos; title: Public Hinduisms : an introduction / John Zavos; title: Will the real mango please stand up? : reflections on defending Dharma and historicising Hinduism / Shana Sippy; title: Engaging the "practitioner" : boundary politics in the academic study of Hinduism / Maya Warrier; title: Snapshot : scholars and practitioners, a personal reflection / Raymond Brady Williams; title: Section B: Ecumenical constructions / edited by Raymond Brady Williams; title: Ecumenical constructions : an introduction / Raymond Brady Williams; title: Hindu organisation and the negotiation of public space in contemporary Britain / John Zavos; title: What is American about American Hinduism? : Hindu umbrella organisations in the United States in comparative perspective / Prema Kurien; title: Snapshot : devotional fandom : the Madhuri Dixit temple of Pappu Sardar / Shalini Kakar; title: Fusing the ideals of the math with the ideology of the Sangh : Vivekananda Kendra, ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu nationalism / Pralay Kanungo; title: Sathya Sai Baba : at home abroad in midwestern America / Chad Bauman; title: Snapshot : "practising Hindus", Hindutva and multiculturalism / Balmurli Natrajan; title: Traditions and transformations / edited by Maya Warrier; title: Traditions and transformations : an introduction / Maya Warrier; title: Representations of Swaminarayan Hinduism / Raymond Brady Williams; title: Praying for peace and amity : the Shri Shirdi Sai Heritage Foundation Trust / Karline McLain; title: Who are the Madhvas? : a controversy over the public representation of the Madhva Sampradya / Kiyokazu Okita; title: Snapshot : the California textbook controversy / Deepa S. Reddy; title: The power of boundaries : transnational links among Krishna Pranamis of India and Nepal / Gørard Toffin; title: Snapshot : rethinking social movements/rethinking Hindu nationalism / Amrita Basu; title: Community mobilisation / edited by Pralay Kanungo; title: Community mobilisation : an introduction / Pralay Kanungo; title: Hindutva's Hinduism / Tanika Sarkar; title: From Jauhar to Jijabai : Samiti and Sena women in Mumbai, and the reconfiguring of "history" / Namrata Ganneri and Atreyee Sen; title: Snapshot : work-in-progress : the Baps Swaminarayan Sanstha on the web / Hanna Kim; title: Hindu transnationalisms : organisations, ideologies, networks / Deepa S. Reddy; title: American Hindu activism and the politics of anxiety / Arun Chaudhuri; title: "Does this offend you?" : Hindu visuality in the United States / Ritu Khanduri; title: Section E: Mediating Hinduisms / edited by Deepa S. Reddy; title: Mediating Hinduisms : an introduction / Deepa S. Reddy; title: Modern guru and old Sampradaya : how a Nath yogi anniversary festival became a performance on Hinduism / Veronique Bouillier; title: Snapshot : the Sangh Parivar and Bhutanese refugees : constructing a Hindu diaspora in the United States / Sanjeev Kumar; title: Media savvy or media averse? : the Ramakrishna math and mission's use of the media in representing itself and a religion called Hinduism / Gwilym Beckerlegge; title: The Baps Swaminarayan temple organisation and its publics / Hanna Kim; title: The perfect world of baps : media and urban dramaturgies in a globalised context / Christiane Brosius; title: Krishna consciousness, Hinduism, and religious education in Britain / Maya Warrier; title: About the editors and contributors; title: Index.