Public Hinduisms
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publications, 2012Description: xv, 507 p., col. illISBN: 9788132107408 (hbk.)Subject(s): Hinduism and culture | HinduismDDC classification: 294.517 Summary: Public Hinduisms critically analyzes the way in which Hinduism is produced and represented as an established feature of modern public landscapes. It examines the mediation, representation and construction of multiple forms of Hinduism in a variety of social and political contexts, and in the process establishes it as a dynamic and developing modern concept.
The essays in this volume are divided into themes that address different aspects of the processes that form modern Hinduism. The book includes discussions on topics such as ecumenical initiatives, the contemporary interpretation of particular sampradaya and guru traditions, modes of community mobilization and the mediation strategies of different groups
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Public Hinduisms critically analyzes the way in which Hinduism is produced and represented as an established feature of modern public landscapes. It examines the mediation, representation and construction of multiple forms of Hinduism in a variety of social and political contexts, and in the process establishes it as a dynamic and developing modern concept.
The essays in this volume are divided into themes that address different aspects of the processes that form modern Hinduism. The book includes discussions on topics such as ecumenical initiatives, the contemporary interpretation of particular sampradaya and guru traditions, modes of community mobilization and the mediation strategies of different groups
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