TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jha,D.N.
TI  - Rethinking Hindu Identity
T2  - Religion in culture: studies in social contest and construction
SN  - 9781845537180
AV  - BL1202.J53 2009eb 
U1  - 294.5 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Equinox Publishing Ltd
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Religion
KW  - fast
KW  - Hinduismus
KW  - swd
KW  - RELIGION / Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-89) and index; Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Deconstructing Hindu identity -- 2. Tolerant Hinduism: evidence and stereotype -- 3. Holy cow: elusive identity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - The book provides an antidote to the virulent version of Hindu communalism and cultural chauvinism and seeks to expose the hollowness of the xenophobic claims about Hindu religious identity. It identifies some of the stereotypes about Hinduism and shows them to be without any basis in historical evidence. Contrary to the belief popularized by the Hindu jingoists, it shows that Hinduism, far from being eternal and monolithic, is the youngest of religions and that its supposed tolerant nature is a myth
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