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By Brian A. Hatcher

Hinduism within the sleek World offers a brand new and exceptional try to survey the character, variety, and importance of contemporary and modern Hinduism in South Asia and the worldwide diaspora. equipped to mirror the course of contemporary scholarly study, this quantity breaks with past texts in this topic by means of trying to conquer a deceptive dichotomy among an elite, intellectualist "modern" Hinduism and the remainder of what has so frequently been misleadingly termed "traditional" or "popular" Hinduism. with out neglecting the importance of contemporary reformist visions of Hinduism, this ebook reconceptualizes the that means of "modern Hinduism" either by way of increasing its content material and through situating its expression inside of a bigger framework of heritage, ethnography, and modern serious idea. This quantity equips undergraduate readers with the instruments essential to savour the richness and variety of Hinduism because it has constructed in past times centuries.

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