The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this
accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It
provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their
views and research available to a wider audience.

* * Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism

* Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues,
textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and
politics

* Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of
Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies

* Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the
importance of region in analyzing Hinduism

* Ideal for use on university courses.

Autorentext
Gavin Flood is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are Beyond Phenomonology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (1999), An Introduction to Hinduism (1996), and Body and Cosmology in Kashmir aivism (1993).

Zusammenfassung
An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience.

Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism
Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics
Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies
Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in analyzing Hinduism
Ideal for use on university courses.

Inhalt
Contributors x Preface and Acknowledgments xii Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries 1
Gavin Flood Part I Theoretical Issues 21 1 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism 23
Gauri Viswanathan 2 Orientalism and Hinduism 45
David Smith Part II Text and Tradition 65 The Sanskrit Textual Traditions 67
3 Vedas and Upanisads 68
Michael Witzel 4 The Dharmaúâstras 102
Ludo Rocher 5 The Sanskrit Epics 116
John Brockington 6 The Purânas 129
Freda Matchett Textual Traditions in Regional Languages 144 7 Tamil Hindu Literature 145
Norman Cutler 8 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam 159
Rich Freeman 9 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature 182
Nancy M Martin Major Historical Developments 199 10 The Saiva Traditions 200
Gavin Flood 11 History of Vaisnava Traditions: An Esquisse 229
Gérard Colas 12 The Renouncer Tradition 271
Patrick Olivelle 13 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society 288
TN Madan Regional Traditions 306 14 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala 307
Rich Freeman 15 The Month of Kârtik and Women's Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares 327
Tracy Pinchman Part III Systematic Thought 343 The Indian Sciences 345 Introduction 346
Frits Staal 16 The Science of Language 348
Frits Staal 17 Indian Mathematics 360
Takao Hayashi 18 Calendar, Astrology and Astronomy 376
Michio Yano 19 The Science of Medicine 393
Dominik Wujastyk Philosophy and Theology 410 20 Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason 411
Jonardon Ganeri 21 Restoring "Hindu Theology" as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse 447
Francis Cloone. SJ 22 Mantra 478
André Padoux Part IV Society, Politics, and Nation 493 23 On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism 495
Declan Quigley 24 Modernity, Reform and Revival 509
Dermot Killingley 25 Contemporary Political Hinduism 526
C Ram Prasad 26 The Goddess and the Nation Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity 551
Sumathi Ramaswamy 27 Gender in a Devotional Universe 569
Vasudha Narayanan Index 588

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