Hinduism : a very short introduction /
"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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| Formáid: | Licensed eBooks |
| Teanga: | Béarla |
| Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Sraith: | Very short introductions.
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| Rochtain ar líne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=12326 |
Clár na nÁbhar:
- 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.