Hinduism

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 focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations.

This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations.

This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal.

This book challenges the prevalent assumptions of caste, hierarchy and social mobility in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal.

The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal.

The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal.

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.

Diversity is a buzzword of our times and yet the extent of religious diversity in Western societies is generally misconceived.

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.

Diversity is a buzzword of our times and yet the extent of religious diversity in Western societies is generally misconceived.

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 timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide spectrum of theoretical concepts and their empirical applications in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, informing our understanding of the social and psychological bases of a global crisis.

This timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide spectrum of theoretical concepts and their empirical applications in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, informing our understanding of the social and psychological bases of a global crisis.

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

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

Teaching Contemporary Yoga provides a novel look at how modern yoga is understood, practiced, and taught globally.

Teaching Contemporary Yoga provides a novel look at how modern yoga is understood, practiced, and taught globally.

Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought provides the reader with a thorough and valuable overview of the historical development of the major Eastern religious and philosophical traditions, primarily in India, China, and Japan.

Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought provides the reader with a thorough and valuable overview of the historical development of the major Eastern religious and philosophical traditions, primarily in India, China, and Japan.

First Published in 1963, Holy Mother presents the life and teachings of an extraordinary saint of modern India, who lived outwardly the life of an ordinary Hindu woman.

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

First Published in 1963, Holy Mother presents the life and teachings of an extraordinary saint of modern India, who lived outwardly the life of an ordinary Hindu woman.

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

This book offers a conversant and comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts in spiritual tourism and Millennial tourists.

This book offers a conversant and comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts in spiritual tourism and Millennial tourists.

This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers.

This book is a collection of some of the published papers of the author, published mostly abroad, and unravels some significant yet hitherto neglected aspects of history, culture and religion of Bihar and Bengal: two areas that were connected through an intricate network of rivers.

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.

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.

The highest Meditation describes the Gayatri, the mantra which helps the higher man to be born in us all.

The highest Meditation describes the Gayatri, the mantra which helps the higher man to be born in us all.

This book explores past expressions of the Jewish interest in Hinduism in order to learn what Hinduism has meant to Jews living mainly in the 12th through the 19th centuries.

This book explores past expressions of the Jewish interest in Hinduism in order to learn what Hinduism has meant to Jews living mainly in the 12th through the 19th centuries.

This book focuses on the career of Sanskrit in British India.

This book focuses on the career of Sanskrit in British India.

Through case studies of three pilgrimage sites related to the Virgin Mary, this book explores how pilgrimage places in today's globalized world do not exist as contained spaces but have porous boundaries, both physically and conceptually.

Through case studies of three pilgrimage sites related to the Virgin Mary, this book explores how pilgrimage places in today's globalized world do not exist as contained spaces but have porous boundaries, both physically and conceptually.

In the religious landscape of early medieval (c.

In the religious landscape of early medieval (c.

This book, first published in 1932, demonstrates how the control of certain '-isms' has for long moulded the interpretation of Indian belief and ritual by Western writers particularly.

This book, first published in 1932, demonstrates how the control of certain '-isms' has for long moulded the interpretation of Indian belief and ritual by Western writers particularly.

This is the first book to address the social organisation of modern yoga practice as a primary focus of investigation and to undertake a comparative analysis to explore why certain styles of yoga have successfully transcended geographical boundaries and endured over time, whilst others have dwindled and failed.

This is the first book to address the social organisation of modern yoga practice as a primary focus of investigation and to undertake a comparative analysis to explore why certain styles of yoga have successfully transcended geographical boundaries and endured over time, whilst others have dwindled and failed.