Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
61. Do People Who are Not Hindu have a Caste?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Collin Sibley [+]
University of California, Santa Barbara
Collin Sibley is a graduate student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Description
Caste has a long history in Hindu scripture. However, there are some important differences between how Hindu texts define caste and how caste actually works in the modern Hindu world. Although Hindu scripture does not assign castes to non-Hindus, non-Hindu communities often fit into Hindu-majority societies in similar ways to Hindu caste communities.