Hinduism

Hindu Customs and their Origins (1937) primarily examines the topic of caste in India, looking at the ancient ideas of the origins of caste and testing modern theories through a critical examination.

The Indian state of West Bengal is home to one of the world's most vibrant traditions of goddess worship.

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice.

Illness and Immortality examines a medieval Sanskrit text, the Netra Tantra, which is devoted to health and healing through a yogic practice dedicated to the chanting of mantras, the building of mandalas, and meditation.

The Bhagavad Gita is the best known of all the Indian scriptures, and Eknath Easwarans best-selling translation is reliable, readable, and profound.

In Defense of the Eschaton is an anthology of William D.

Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples.

An overview of recent developments in church planting.

Ordained pioneer ministry is a significant and growing presence in the Church of England and the Methodist Church and in denominations around the world.

First published in 1968, Ninian Smart's The Yogi and the Devotee: The Interplay Between the Upanishads and Catholic Theology is based on lectures given in Delhi and explores in a novel way the relation between Hinduism and Christianity.

Youth evangelization is one of the most challenging tasks of the church today, and this book faces that challenge head-on.

David Bosch (1929-1992) was one of the foremost mission theologians of the twentieth century, at once a prolific scholar, committed church leader, and active participant in the global conciliar and evangelical mission movements.

By identifying key theological, cultural, and practical issues for mission partnerships, this book aims to provide best practices for missions to thrive around the world.

Found in many different religious cultures, the practice of making votive offerings into fire dates back to the earliest periods of human history.

The historical interplay of Hinduism as an ancient Indian religion and Christianity as a religion associated (in India, at least) with foreign power and colonialism, continues to animate Hindu-Christian relations today.

Hanuman, the devoted monkey helper of Rama and Sita, has long been recognized as a popular character in India's ancient Ramayana epic.

This book, first published in 1962, is an analysis of the history of the philosophy of a country that has never distinguished philosophy from religion.

The Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction.

An Ethnodoxolgy HandbookWorship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness.

Like an ecosystem, cities develop, change, thrive, adapt, expand, and contract through the interaction of myriad components.

Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa discusses the indigenization of Christianity in the Indian context.

What is the relationship between caste and gender in the narratives of Rajput woman?

In Indic religious traditions, a number of rituals and myths exist in which the environment is revered.

A Bible Study of God's Motivations for MissionsThis newly revised classic workbook features updated resources to help readers better understand the needs and growth of missions today.

Christian mission has often been a project allied with colonial powers and conquests.

Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy.

"e;The Korean missions movement is perhaps the most significant story of the Church in the world over the past one hundred years.

First published in 1990, East of Existentialism was written to explore new perspectives on eternal questions such as 'Who am I?

In this companion to his best-selling translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Easwaran explores the essential themes of this much-loved Indian scripture.

Secular contemporary development discourse deals with the problems of societal development and transformation by prioritizing the human good in terms of vital and social values with the aim of providing the basic necessities of life through social institutions that work.

Today, there are more than two million Hindus in America.

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing.

The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most important, central and popular scriptures of Hinduism.

The churches from the whole world are joined in the effort to reach the whole world.

Apologetic methodology has been the subject of intense debate in Reformed circles.

The first comprehensive textbook on the theology and methodology of Fresh Expressions, one of the most important developments within the contemporary church.

Religious identity constitutes a key element in the formation, development and sustenance of South Asian diasporic communities.

At first sight the lives of hermits, living in solitude and committed to a life of prayer and contemplation seems to be a world apart of the active practice of interfaith dialogue.

When Margaret Bendet is told to interview an Indian holy man, she thinks it’s just another assignment—but after speaking with him, she decides to accompany him back to his ashram, hoping to find enlightenment.

In the Shade of the Golden Palace explores the work of the prolific Bengali poet Alaol (fl.

This book is a call for new structure and ways of behaving as a church by an experienced church officer.

Hinduism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation explores Hinduism and the distinction between the secular and religious on a global scale.

Navigating Ethnic Identity for Gospel WitnessIn most peoples minds ethnic or ethnicity are terms associated with conflict, cleansing, or even genocide.

Cultural Change and the ChurchFor many years, cross-cultural missions were directed to people in the countries of their birth, generally in Majority World areas.

A fresh, new prose translation of the classic Indian poem, ideally focused for students and teachers and for yoga teacher training The Bhagavad Gita, a small section of the massive Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata, is one of the central texts of Indian culture and philosophy, and one of the great works of world literature.

The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts.

This book offers a new exploration of the mythology of the Hindu god Siva, who spends his time playing dice with his wife, to whom he habitually loses.