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Hinduism Beliefs and Practices - Volume II -- Religious History and Philosophy (Paperback): Jeaneane Fowler Hinduism Beliefs and Practices - Volume II -- Religious History and Philosophy (Paperback)
Jeaneane Fowler
R1,033 Discovery Miles 10 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1997 "A wonderful balance of detail and clarity with excellent introductory essays on the Indus Valley civilization, the Vedic Period, the Upanishads, and devotional Hinduism," Religious Studies Review; Choice Outstanding Academic Book selling over 10,000 copies, and now revised and expanded to two volumes (Volume I: Major Deities and Social Structures) Herewith an outstanding introduction to the development of the religion of Hinduism from earliest times. While historical tradition is explored from as far back as pre-Aryan times in the fascinating ancient civilization that existed in India a few thousand years BCE, later expressions of religion and philosophy that informed early Hindu tradition are gleaned from its sacred texts. The author examines how present beliefs and practices have been informed by past traditions, and the resulting accommodation in Hinduism today. The book serves as an introduction to the two strands of theism and philosophical thought that emerged from early scriptures as they are expressed independently in Hinduism as well as in those traditions where they are woven together to create new religious movements. No prior knowledge of Hinduism is required. Contents include: The Indus Valley Civilization; The Vedic Period; Vedanta; The Advaita Vedanta of Sankara; Influential Theories (Samkhya and Yoga); Devotional Hinduism; The Bhagavad Gita; Songs of the Poets; The theistic philosophy of Ramanuja; The devotional theism of Caitanya; Unity and diversity.

The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra - An Introduction (Hardcover): Aleksandar Uskokov The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Aleksandar Uskokov
R2,001 Discovery Miles 20 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Brahma-sutra, attributed to Badaraya (ca. 400 CE), is the canonical book of Vedanta, the philosophical tradition which became the doctrinal backbone of modern Hinduism. As an explanation of the Upanishads, it is principally concerned with the ideas of Brahman, the great ground of Being, and of the highest good. The Philosophy of the Brahma-sutra is the first introduction to concentrate on the text and its ideas, rather than its reception and interpretation in the different schools of Vedanta. Covering the epistemology, ontology, theory of causality and psychology of the Brahma-sutra, and its characteristic theodicy, it also: * Provides a comprehensive account of its doctrine of meditation * Elaborates on its nature and attainment, while carefully considering the wider religious context of Ancient India in which the work is situated * Draws the contours of Brahma-sutra's intellectual biography and reception history. By contextualizing the Brahma-sutra's teachings against the background of its main collocutors, it elucidates how the work gave rise to widely divergent ontologies and notions of practice. For both the undergraduate student and the specialist this is an illuminating and necessary introduction to one of Indian philosophy's most important works.

On Hinduism (Hardcover): Wendy Doniger On Hinduism (Hardcover)
Wendy Doniger
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the world's leading authorities on Hinduism gives us a work of extraordinary scholarship on the religion. Through this magisterial volume - which she calls 'the book of my books' - Wendy Doniger, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest and most original scholars of Hinduism, enlarges our understanding of an ancient and complex religion. Comprising a series of connected essays, On Hinduism examines many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the time of the Vedas to the present day: Are Hindus monotheists or polytheists? Is it possible to reconcile images of god with qualities (saguna) and without qualities (nirguna)? How can atheists be Hindu, and how can unrepentant Hindu sinners obtain salvation? Why have Hindus devoted so much attention to addictions, and why have they always been ambivalent about non-injury (ahimsa)? How have Hindu ideas about death, rebirth and karma changed in the course of history, and what do dogs and cows tell us about Hinduism? How and under what conditions does a pluralistic religion remarkable for its intellectual tolerance foster intolerance? The book closes with short autobiographical essays in which Doniger looks back upon her academic career - complete with its Orientalist heritage, self-critiques and controversies - and talks eloquently and movingly about the influence of Hinduism on her own philosophy of life. Drawing upon Doniger's writing over forty years, On Hinduism is scholarship of the highest order, and a compelling analysis of one of the world's great faiths.

Digital Hinduism (Hardcover): Xenia Zeiler Digital Hinduism (Hardcover)
Xenia Zeiler
R4,475 Discovery Miles 44 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. This collection explores Digital Hinduism and consequentially studies how Hinduism is expressed in the digital sphere and how Hindus utilise digital media. Highlighting digital Hinduism and including case studies with foci on India, Asia and the global Hindu diaspora, this book features contributions from an interdisciplinary and international panel of academics. The chapters focus on specific case studies, which in summary exemplify the wide variety and diversity of what constitutes Digital Hinduism today. Applying methods and research questions from various disciplinary backgrounds appropriate to the study of religion and digital culture, such as Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, Anthropology and Media and Communication Studies, this book is vital reading for any scholar interested in the relationship between religion and the digital world.

Jnana Yoga - La Voie de la Connaissance (French, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga - La Voie de la Connaissance (French, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Estelle Lasnet, Aurelie Luis
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Homo Ritualis - Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory (Hardcover): Axel Michaels Homo Ritualis - Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory (Hardcover)
Axel Michaels
R3,993 Discovery Miles 39 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Are the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique? Can we speak of a homo ritualis when it comes to India or Hinduism? Are Indians or Hindus more involved in rituals than other people? If so, what makes them special? Homo Ritualis is the first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals. Based on extensive textual studies and field-work in Nepal and India, Axel Michaels argues that ritual is a distinctive way of acting, which, as in the theater, can be distinguished from other forms of action. The book analyzes ritual in these cultural-specific and religious contexts, taking into account how indigenous terms and theories affect and contribute to current ritual theory. It describes and investigates various forms of Hindu rituals and festivals, such as life-cycle rituals, the Vedic sacrifice, vows processions, and the worship of deities (puja). It also examines conceptual components of (Hindu) rituals such as framing, formality, modality, and theories of meaning.

Jnana Yoga - El Camino del Conocimiento (Spanish, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga - El Camino del Conocimiento (Spanish, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Mariana Garcia Naranjo, Helena Martin Gallego
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Women's Authority and Leadership in a Hindu Goddess Tradition (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017):... Women's Authority and Leadership in a Hindu Goddess Tradition (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Nanette R. Spina
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates women's ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity. Nanette R. Spina situates her study within the transnational Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi movement established by the Tamil Indian guru, Bangaru Adigalar. One of the most prominent, defining elements of this tradition is that women are privileged with positions of leadership and ritual authority. This represents an extraordinary shift from orthodox tradition in which religious authority has been the exclusive domain of male Brahmin priests. Presenting historical and contemporary perspectives on the transnational Adhiparasakthi organization, Spina analyzes women's roles and means of expression within the tradition. The book takes a close look at the Adhiparasakthi society in Toronto, Canada (a Hindu community in both its transnational and diasporic dimensions), and how this Canadian temple has both shaped and demonstrated their own diasporic Hindu identity. The Toronto Adhiparasakthi society illustrates how Goddess theology, women's ritual authority, and "inclusivity" ethics have dynamically shaped the identity of this prominent movement overseas. Based on years of ethnographic fieldwork, the volume draws the reader into the rich textures of culture, community, and ritual life with the Goddess.

Advaita Vedanta - Ser el Ser (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Prabhuji David Ben Yosef... Advaita Vedanta - Ser el Ser (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Prabhuji David Ben Yosef Har-Zion
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Other Jesus - Christology in Asian Perspective (Hardcover, New edition): John Parratt The Other Jesus - Christology in Asian Perspective (Hardcover, New edition)
John Parratt
R1,168 Discovery Miles 11 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Standard works on Christology seldom give much consideration to the way Christ is perceived outside the Western tradition. The Other Jesus is an in depth study of understandings of the person of Jesus Christ by major Asian Christian theologians of the 20th century. Taking examples mainly from India and Japan, the author shows how the religious and social contexts of these countries have shaped the way in which Jesus has been understood. The final chapters examine how new approaches to Jesus have emerged from people movements in Asia in Dalit, Minjung, and feminist perceptions. Throughout the author seeks to relate Asian perspectives to Western Christologies, and to suggest ways in which they present challenges to the world wide church.

Absent Mother God of the West - A Kali Lover's Journey into Christianity and Judaism (Hardcover): Neela Bhattacharya Saxena Absent Mother God of the West - A Kali Lover's Journey into Christianity and Judaism (Hardcover)
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
R2,527 Discovery Miles 25 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book about the missing Divine Feminine in Christianity and Judaism chronicles a personal as well as an academic quest of an Indian woman who grew up with Kali and myriad other goddesses. It is born out of a women's studies course created and taught by the author called The Goddess in World Religions. The book examines how the Divine Feminine was erased from the western consciousness and how it led to an exclusive spiritually patriarchal monotheism with serious consequences for both women's and men's psychological and spiritual identity. While colonial, proselytizing and patriarchal ways have denied the divinity inherent in the female of the species, a recent upsurge of body-centric practices like Yoga and innumerable books about old and new goddesses reveal a deep seated mother hunger in the western consciousness. Written from a practicing Hindu/Buddhist perspective, this book looks at the curious phenomenon called the Black Madonna that appears in Europe and also examines mystical figures like Shekhinah in Jewish mysticism. People interested in symbols of the goddess, feminist theologians, and scholars interested in the absence of goddesses in monotheisms may find this book's perspective and insights provocative.

Gita According to Gandhi (Paperback): Mahatma Gandhi Gita According to Gandhi (Paperback)
Mahatma Gandhi
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Kundalini Yoga - El poder esta en ti (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Prabhuji David Ben... Kundalini Yoga - El poder esta en ti (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Prabhuji David Ben Yosef Har-Zion
R913 R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Save R124 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Experimentando con la verdad (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Prabhuji David Ben Yosef... Experimentando con la verdad (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Prabhuji David Ben Yosef Har-Zion
R723 R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Somanatha - The Many Voices of a History (Paperback): Romila Thapar Somanatha - The Many Voices of a History (Paperback)
Romila Thapar
R722 R671 Discovery Miles 6 710 Save R51 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1026, Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni raided the Hindu temple of Somanatha (Somnath in textbooks of the colonial period). The story of the raid has reverberated in Indian history, but largely during the raj. It was first depicted as a trauma for the Hindu population not in India, but in the House of Commons. The triumphalist accounts of the event in Turko-Persian chronicles became the main source for most eighteenth-century historians. It suited everyone and helped the British to divide and rule a multi-millioned subcontinent. In her new book, Romila Thapar, the doyenne of Indian historians, reconstructs what took place by studying other sources, including local Sanskrit inscriptions, biographies of kings and merchants of the period, court epics and popular narratives that have survived. The result is astounding and undermines the traditional version of what took place. These findings also contest the current Hindu religious nationalism that constantly utilises the conventional version of this history.

Jnana Yoga - La Via Della Conoscenza (Italian, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga - La Via Della Conoscenza (Italian, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Alice Zanzottera; Edited by Giulia Carratello
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition (Paperback, New): Tracy Pintchman The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition (Paperback, New)
Tracy Pintchman
R807 Discovery Miles 8 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of sakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakrti (materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology.

Arjuna-Odysseus - Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic (Hardcover): N.J. Allen Arjuna-Odysseus - Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic (Hardcover)
N.J. Allen
R4,498 Discovery Miles 44 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, Arjuna-Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mahabharata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod. Building on the ethnographic theories of Durkheim, Mauss, and Dumont, the volume explores the convergences and rapprochements between the Mahabharata and the Greek texts. In exploring the networks of similarities between the two epic traditions, it also reformulates the theory of Georges Dumezil regarding Indo-European cultural comparativism. It includes a detailed comparison between journeys undertaken by the two epic heroes - Odysseus and Arjuna - and more generally, it ranges across the philosophical ideas of these cultures, and the epic traditions, metaphors, and archetypes that define the cultural ideology of ancient Greece and India. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of Indo-European comparativism, social and cultural anthropology, classical literature, Indology, cultural and post-colonial studies, philosophy and religion, as well as to those who love the Indian and Greek epics.

The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies - A Theological Inquiry (Paperback): Francis Clooney The Future of Hindu-Christian Studies - A Theological Inquiry (Paperback)
Francis Clooney
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The field of Hindu-Christian studies revives theology as a particularly useful interreligious discipline. Though a sub-division of the broader Hindu-Christian dialogue, it is also a distinct field of study, proper to a smaller group of religious intellectuals. At its best it envisions a two-sided, mutual conversation, grounded in scholars' knowledge of their own tradition and of the other. Based on the Westcott-Teape Lectures given in India and at the University of Cambridge, this book explores the possibilities and problems attendant upon the field of Hindu-Christian Studies, the reasons for occasional flourishing and decline in such studies, and the fragile conditions under which the field can flourish in the 21st century. The chapters examine key instances of Christian-Hindu learning, highlighting the Jesuit engagement with Hinduism, the modern Hindu reception of Western thought, and certain advances in the study of religion that enhance intellectual cooperation. This book is a significant contribution to a sophisticated understanding of Christianity and Hinduism in relation. It presents a robust defense of comparative theology and of Hindu-Christian Studies as a necessarily theological discipline. It will be of wide interest in the fields of Religious Studies, Theology, Christianity and Hindu Studies.

Seeing Krishna - The Religious World of a Brahmin Family in Vrindaban (Hardcover): Margaret H. Case Seeing Krishna - The Religious World of a Brahmin Family in Vrindaban (Hardcover)
Margaret H. Case
R2,076 Discovery Miles 20 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for worshipers of Krishna. This priestly family has arguably been the most creative force in this important town. Their influence also radiates well beyond India's borders both because of their tireless work in fostering scholarship and performance about Krishna and because the scion of the family, Shrivatsa Goswami, has become an international spokesman for Hindu ways and concerns. Case, who has been an occasional resident in the family ashram, gives the reader a real sense of the atmosphere of daily life there, and the complete devotion of the residents to the service and worship of Krishna.

Karma Yoga - La Voie de L'Abnegation (French, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Karma Yoga - La Voie de L'Abnegation (French, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Edited by Fanny Yvroud; Translated by Minta Aissata
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hinduism and Hindi Theater (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016): Diana Dimitrova Hinduism and Hindi Theater (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Diana Dimitrova
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the representation of Hinduism through myth and discourse in urban Hindi theatre in the period 1880-1960. It discusses representative works of seven influential playwrights and looks into the ways they have imagined and re-imagined Hindu traditions. Diana Dimitrova examines the intersections of Hinduism and Hindi theatre, emphasizing the important role that both myth and discourse play in the representation of Hindu traditions in the works of Bharatendu Harishcandra, Jayshankar Prasad, Lakshminarayan Mishra, Jagdishcandra Mathur, Bhuvaneshvar, Upendranath Ashk, and Mohan Rakesh. Dimitrova'a analysis suggests either a traditionalist or a more modernist stance toward religious issues. She emphasizes the absence of Hindi-speaking authors who deal with issues implicit to the Muslim or Sikh or Jain, etc. traditions. This prompts her to suggest that Hindi theatre of the period 1880-1960, as represented in the works of the seven dramatists discussed, should be seen as truly 'Hindu-Hindi' theatre.

Bhakti Yoga - El sendero del amor (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Prabhuji David Ben Yosef... Bhakti Yoga - El sendero del amor (Spanish, Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Prabhuji David Ben Yosef Har-Zion
R900 R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Save R125 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Karma Yoga - El Camino de la Accion Desinteresada (Spanish, Hardcover): Swami Vivekananda Karma Yoga - El Camino de la Accion Desinteresada (Spanish, Hardcover)
Swami Vivekananda; Translated by Pedro Jose Barrios Rodriguez; Revised by Juan Jose Andres
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Hinglaj Devi - Identity, Change, and Solidification at a Hindu Temple in Pakistan (Hardcover): Jurgen Schaflechner Hinglaj Devi - Identity, Change, and Solidification at a Hindu Temple in Pakistan (Hardcover)
Jurgen Schaflechner
R3,585 Discovery Miles 35 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

About two hundred kilometers west of the city of Karachi, in the desert of Baluchistan, Pakistan, sits the shrine of the Hindu Goddess Hinglaj. Despite the temple's ancient Hindu and Muslim history, an annual festival at Hinglaj has only been established within the last three decades, in part because of the construction of the Makran Coastal Highway, which connects the distant rural shrine with urban Pakistan. Now, an increasingly confident minority Hindu community has claimed Hinglaj as their main religious center, a site for undisturbed religious performance and expression. In Hinglaj Devi, Jurgen Schaflechner studies literary sources in Hindi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, and Urdu alongside extensive ethnographical research at the shrine, examining the political and cultural influences at work at the temple and tracking the remote desert shrine's rapid ascent to its current status as the most influential Hindu pilgrimage site in Pakistan. Schaflechner introduces the unique character of this place of pilgrimage and shows its modern importance not only for Hindus, but also for Muslims and Sindhi nationalists. Ultimately, this is an investigation of the Pakistani Hindu community's beliefs and practices at their largest place of worship in the Islamic Republic today-a topic of increasing importance to Pakistan's contemporary society.

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