Two radically different ideologies are currently competing for the
loyalties of the Hindu community. One of these ideologies, Hindu
nationalism, conceives of Hinduness as co-extensive with
Indianness. The other ideology, which has been articulated by such
figures as Sri Ramakrishna and Mahatma Gandhi, repesents Hinduism
as the 'eternal' or 'universal' religion. This is an idea of
Hinduism that is pluralistic and all-inclusive. Arguing that Hindu
nationalism is not only destructive of communal relations, but that
it also prevents Hinduism from emerging as a world religion in the
true sense of the term, the author here explores a reconfigured
version of the second of these two ideologies. He presents a vision
of Hinduism as a tradition capable of pointing the way towards a
future in which all the world's religions manifest complementary
visions of a larger reality - and in which they all, in various
ways, participate. This radical religious agenda puts a new and
exciting perspective on Hindu and South Asian studies alike.
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