Hindu life and practice

Devotion is a category of expression in many of the world's religious traditions.

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards.

Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards.

How do text, performance, and rhetoric simultaneously reflect and challenge notions of distinct community and religious identities?

How do text, performance, and rhetoric simultaneously reflect and challenge notions of distinct community and religious identities?

Julius Lipner's Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world's great religious traditions.

Julius Lipner's Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world's great religious traditions.

This book accounts for the origin and evolution of the nature and roles of women within the Hindu belief system.

This book accounts for the origin and evolution of the nature and roles of women within the Hindu belief system.

Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora.

Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora.

Schon als kleines Kind wird Sabrina auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia.

Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia.

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon.

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

This Element explores the nature of a Hindu monotheism, not as one God but as a transcendent, ultimate source.

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple.

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple.

The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia.

The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia.

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century.

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century.

This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice.

This volume examines several theoretical concerns of embodiment in the context of Asian religious practice.

This volume makes a contribution to understanding pilgrimage, not as a transient activity at the margins of daily life, but as an event grounded firmly in the physical, symbolic and social experience of the everyday world.

This volume makes a contribution to understanding pilgrimage, not as a transient activity at the margins of daily life, but as an event grounded firmly in the physical, symbolic and social experience of the everyday world.

This book explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting 'magical' and 'shamanic' practices associated with vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia.

This book explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting 'magical' and 'shamanic' practices associated with vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia.

This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas.

This book addresses the recent transformations of popular Hinduism by focusing upon the religious cum artistic practice of Ramkatha, staged narratives of the Ramcharitmanas.

Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.

Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.

This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation.

This book presents an original and comprehensive reading of the contemporary Mauritian society where Hinduism is practised by more than half of the population.

This book presents an original and comprehensive overview of the transformation of Mauritian Hinduism against the backdrop of globalisation.

This book presents an original and comprehensive reading of the contemporary Mauritian society where Hinduism is practised by more than half of the population.

Hinduism in America: An Introduction is a concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India.

Hinduism in America: An Introduction is a concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation and engages primarily in the philosophical assessment of the merits of meditation practices.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the state of the field of the philosophy of meditation and engages primarily in the philosophical assessment of the merits of meditation practices.

This book focuses on dual belonging within Hindu-Christian contexts.

This book focuses on dual belonging within Hindu-Christian contexts.

First Published in 1959, Hinduism written specifically for the modern readers describes and interprets one of the world's chief religions.

First Published in 1959, Hinduism written specifically for the modern readers describes and interprets one of the world's chief religions.

This book presents a collection of original research about every day, innovative, interactive, and multiple religiosities among Sri Lankan Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and devotees of New Religious Movements in post-war Sri Lanka.

This book presents a collection of original research about every day, innovative, interactive, and multiple religiosities among Sri Lankan Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and devotees of New Religious Movements in post-war Sri Lanka.

This book explores the contribution of Gaudiya Vaisnava theology to polity and public engagement during the reign of Jaisingh II in the early eighteenth century in North India.