Public Hinduisms

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Public Hinduisms

edited by John Zavos ... [et al.]

SAGE Publications, 2012

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Public Hinduisms critically analyses the way in which Hinduism is produced and represented as an established feature of modern public landscapes. It examines the mediation, representation and construction of multiple forms of Hinduism in a variety of social and political contexts, and in the process establishes it as a dynamic and developing modern concept. The essays in this volume are divided into themes that address different aspects of the processes that form modern Hinduism. The book includes discussions on topics such as ecumenical initiatives, the contemporary interpretation of particular sampradaya and guru traditions, modes of community mobilisation and the mediation strategies of different groups. It also provides India and diaspora-focused case studies as well as 'Snapshot' views elaborating on different themes. Taking a critical approach to the idea of Hinduism and the way it becomes public, the book provides an interesting read on contemporary Hinduism.

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Preface PART 1: RESEARCHING PUBLIC HINDUISMS - John Zavos Public Hinduisms: An Introduction - John Zavos Will the Real Mango Please Stand Up? Reflections on Defending Dharma and Historicising Hinduism - Shana Sippy Engaging the 'Practitioner': Boundary Politics in the Academic Study of Hinduism - Maya Warrier Snapshot: Scholars and Practitioners, A Personal Reflection - Raymond Brady Williams PART 2: ECUMENICAL CONSTRUCTIONS - Raymond Brady Williams Ecumenical Constructions: An Introduction - Raymond Brady Williams Hindu Organisation and the Negotiation of Public Space in Contemporary Britain - John Zavos What Is American about American Hinduism? Hindu Umbrella Organisations in the United States in Comparative Perspective - Prema Kurien Snapshot: Devotional Fandom: The Madhuri Dixit Temple of Pappu Sardar - Shalini Kakar Fusing the Ideals of the Math with the Ideology of the Sangh? Vivekananda Kendra, Ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism - Pralay Kanungo Sathya Sai Baba: At Home Abroad in Midwestern America - Chad Baumann Snapshot: 'Practising Hindus', Hindutva and Multiculturalism - Balmurli Natrajan PART 3: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS - Maya Warrier Traditions and Transformations: An Introduction - Maya Warrier Representations of Swaminarayan Hinduism - Raymond Brady Williams Praying for Peace and Amity: The Shri Shirdi Sai Heritage Foundation Trust - Karline McLain Who Are the M?dhvas? A Controversy Over the Public Representation of the M?dhva Samprad?ya - Kiyokazu Okita Snapshot: The California Textbook Controversy - Deepa S. Reddy The Power of Boundaries: Transnational Links among Krishna Pranamis of India and Nepal - Gerard Toffin Snapshot: Rethinking Social Movements/Rethinking Hindu Nationalism - Amrita Basu PART 4: COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION - Pralay Kanungo Community Mobilisation: An Introduction - Pralay Kanungo Hindutva's Hinduism - Tanika Sarkar From Jauhar to Jijabai: Samiti and Sena Women in Mumbai, and the Reconfiguring of 'History' - Namrata Ganneri and Atreyee Sen Snapshot: Work-in-Progress: The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha on the Web - Hanna Kim Hindu Trans-nationalisms: Organizations, Ideologies, Networks - Deepa S Reddy American Hindu Activism and the Politics of Anxiety - Arun Chaudhuri 'Does This Offend You?' Hindu Visuality in the United States - Ritu Khanduri PART FIVE: MEDIATING HINDUISMS - Deepa S. Reddy Mediating Hinduisms: An Introduction - Deepa S. Reddy Modern Guru and Old Sampradaya: How a Nath Yogi Anniversary Festival Became a Performance on Hinduism - Veronique Bouillier Snapshot: The Sangh Parivar and Bhutanese Refugees: Constructing a Hindu Diaspora in the United States - Sanjeev Kumar Media Savvy or Media Averse? The Ramakrishna Math and Mission's Use of the Media in Representing Itself and a Religion Called 'Hinduism' - Gwilym Beckerlegge The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple Organisation and its Publics - Hanna Kim The Perfect World of BAPS: Media and Urban Dramaturgies in a Globalised Context - Christiane Brosius Krishna Consciousness, Hinduism and Religious Education in Britain - Maya Warrier Index

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