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Hinduism in India : modern and contemporary movements / editors Will Sweetman and Aditya Malik. - 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) - Hinduism in India . - Hinduism in India. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The emergence and significance of the term "Hinduism" / Hinduism and modernity / Hinduism and law / Hinduism and economics / The sacred in modern Hindu politics: historical processes underlying Hinduism and Hindutva / Media Hinduism / Modern Hindu guru movements / Folk Hinduism: the middle ground? / Hinduism and healing / Possession / The urban Hindu arranged marriage in contemporary Indian society / On Hinduism and caste / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Will Sweetman -- Timothy Lubin -- Thomas Birtchnell -- Robert Eric Frykenberg -- Ursula Rao -- Michael James Spurr -- Aditya Malik -- Fabrizio M. Ferrari -- Elisabeth Schömbucher -- Reshmi Lahiri-Roy -- Vinay Kumar Srivastava.

A major contribution towards the ongoing debates on the nature and history of Hinduism in India.

ISBN: 9789351502319 9351502317

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hinduism--India--Tsundur.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Hinduism.
Hinduismus
Moderne

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Indien
Inde.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL1153.5 / .H56 2016eb

Dewey Class. No.: 294.50954