Hinduism: The Essential Readings
Jeffery D Long author Ravi M Gupta author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:31st Mar '25
£63.00
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Hinduism: The Essential Readings stands out as the most comprehensive anthology of Hindu writings thus far. This all-encompassing reader divides into ten chapters, each covering its own genre of Hindu writings. Each chapter begins with an introduction that will define key concepts found in the passages, followed by its chronological readings, and end with a set of discussion questions to connect the chapter's content to common themes and help students point to the pivotal development of ideas across time.
[Hinduism: The Essential Readings] clearly fills an important hole in the academic book market with its student-friendly size and wide historical scope. There is no single anthology at present that offers comprehensive readings from the Hindu tradition, from all historical periods". - Eric Steinschneider, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Ithaca College
This groundbreaking textbook will help students make sense of the significance of multiple historical contexts for shaping various interpretations of/for/about "Hinduism" and learn the contours of the living practice in the colonial and postcolonial periods". * Antoinette E. DeNapoli, Associate Professor of Religion, Texas Christian University *
Excellent. It's singular strength is that it accomplishes what no other reader in Hinduism currently does: a collection of readings representative of the entire historical sweep of the Hindu tradition". * Brian Pennington, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society and Professor of Religious Studies, Elon University *
ISBN: 9780190922443
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448 pages