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The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Gavin Flood
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Description for The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Paperback. * Presents the most recent scholarly thinking about Hinduism in an accessible way. * Leading scholars make their views and research available to a wider readership. * Divided into four sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics. Series: Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 616 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1070.
An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience.
An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience.
- Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism
- Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics
- Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies
- Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in ... Read more
- Ideal for use on university courses.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Religion
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405132510
SKU
V9781405132510
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50
About Gavin Flood
Gavin Flood is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are Beyond Phenomonology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (1999), An Introduction to Hinduism (1996), and Body and Cosmology in Kashmir Œaivism (1993).
Reviews for The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
“This collection offers a new way to parse the multiple entryways into the vast arena of Hinduism. Using the general divisional categories of theoretical issues, text and tradition, systematic thought, and society, politics and nation, Flood has achieved significant breadth in disciplines, subjects and historical perspectives.” Choice “This is a most welcome, timely, ... Read more