The Blackwell Companion To Hinduism

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This Companion presents the most recent scholarly thinking about Hinduism in an accessible way. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. The book is divided into four sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, systematic thought, and Hindu society and politics. It reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies. This text is ideal for use on university courses.

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Gavin Flood is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (1999), An Introduction to Hinduism (1996), and Body and Cosmology in Kashmir aivism (1993). Table of Contents List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries: Gavin Flood Part I Theoretical Issues Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism: Gauri Visvanathan Orientalism and Hinduism: David Smith Part II Text and Tradition Vedas and Upanisads: Michael Witzel The Dharmastras: Ludo Rocher The Sanskrit Epics: John Brockington The Purnas: Freda Matchett Tamil Hindu Literature: Norman Cutler The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam: Rich Freeman North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature: Nancy M. Martin The aiva Traditions: Gavin Flood History of Vaisnava Traditions: Grard Colas The Renouncer Tradition: Patrick Olivelle The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society: T.N. Madan The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala: Rich Freeman The Month of Krtik And Women's Ritual Devotions to Krsna in Benares: Tracy Pinchman Part III Systematic Thought The Science of Language: Frits Staal Indian Mathematics: Takao Hayashi Calendar, Astrology and Astronomy: Michio Yano The Science of Medicine: Dominik Wujastyk Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason: Jonardon Ganeri Restoring Hindu Theology as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse: Francis Clooney Mantra: Andr Padoux Part IV: Society, Politics, and Nation On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism: Declan Quigley Modernity, Reform and Revival: Dermot Killingley Contemporary Political Hinduism: C. Ram Prasad The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity: Sumathi Ramaswamy Gender in a Devotional Universe: Vasudha Narayanan Index