Hinduism in India: Modern and Contemporary Movements - Will Sweetman

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Résumé :
A major contribution toward the ongoing debates on the nature and history of Hinduism in India Is Hinduism coherent, or should it be viewed as a conglomeration of many distinctive traditions? What were (or are) its most important and central teachings? When did the idea of Hinduism first arise and what have been the consequences? What were the effects of British rule on the religion and what are the effects of continuing modernization? This book responds to all such debates surrounding Hinduism in the colonial and contemporary periods. It emphasizes on Hinduism as it arose and developed in the subcontinent itself an approach which facilitates greater attention to detail and an understanding of the specific context in which new movements and changes have taken place.

Sommaire:
Introduction: Hinduism in India
Acknowledgments
The Emergence and Significance of the term Hinduism - Geoffrey A. Oddie
Hinduism and Modernity - Will Sweetman
Hinduism and Law - Timothy Lubin
Hinduism and Economics - Thomas Birtchnell
The Sacred in Modern Hindu Politics: Historical Processes Underlying Hinduism and Hindutva - Robert Eric Frykenberg
Media Hinduism - Ursula Rao
Modern Hindu Guru Movements - Michael James Spurr
Folk Hinduism: The Middle Ground? - Aditya Malik
Hinduism and Healing - Fabrizio Ferrari
Possession - Elizabeth Sch?mbucher
The Urban Hindu Arranged Marriage in Contemporary Indian Society - Reshmi Lahiri-Roy
On Hinduism and Caste - Vinay Kumar Srivastava
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