Hinduism : a very short introduction
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998
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| Series: | (Very short introductions ;
5) |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The scholar and the devotee.
- 2. Revelation and the transmission of knowledge.
- 3. Understanding the self.
- 4. Divine heroes: the epic tradition.
- 5. The divine presence.
- 6. Hinduism, colonialism, and modernity.
- 7. Challenges to Hinduism: women and dalits.
- 8. Crossing the black waters: Hinduism beyond India.
- 9. Hindu dharma, Hinduism, and Hinduisms