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Title |
Title of document |
Hinduism - Religions of the World |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Leslie Dorrough Smith; Avila University |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Steven Ramey; University of Alabama; United States |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Hinduism; Vedas; Hindu; colonialism and Hinduism; Vedanta; Hinduism as a cultural influence |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
World Religions |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter explores and then interrogates four popular perspectives on Hinduism that both insiders and scholars have used to describe Hinduism as a religion. The first perspective portrays Hinduism primarily as devotion to multiple gods, introducing a few of these deities and some of the common ritualized practices related to them. The second takes a more textual approach by emphasizing the role of the Vedas as the sacred texts of Hinduism, both in ritual settings and in defining the boundaries of Hinduism. This view considers colonial definitions of religion as well as colonial preferences for the views of particular Hindus. The third perspective regards Hinduism as a special kind of knowledge about humans and their relation to the cosmos, commonly labeled the philosophy of Vedanta. The fourth considers Hinduism as a type of cultural influence that extends well beyond what has traditionally been defined as religion. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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19-Feb-2024 |
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Type |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/44598 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.44598 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Religions of the World |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |