Hinduism : a very short introduction / Kim Knott.

"Hinduism is practised by eighty per cent of India's population, and by thirty million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott combines a succinct and authoritative overview of a major religion with an analysis of the challenges facing it in the twentieth century....

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Main Author: Knott, Kim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Very short introductions.
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Table of Contents:
  • The scholar and the devotee
  • Revelation and the transmission of knowledge
  • Understanding the self
  • Divine heroes: the epic tradition
  • The divine presence
  • Hinduism, colonialism, and modernity
  • Challenges to Hinduism: women and dalits
  • Crossing the black waters: Hinduism beyond India
  • Hindu dharma, Hinduism, and Hinduisms
  • Appendix: The six philosophical systems (Darshana)
  • Timeline
  • Glossary.