The Emergence of Modern Hinduism

Religion on the Margins of Colonialism

Richard S. Weiss (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

222 Seiten

2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-30705-6 (ISBN)

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The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, producing accounts that overemphasize the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. In this study, the author considers religious change on the margins of colonialism by looking at an important local figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823–1874). Weiss narrates a history of Hindu modernization that demonstrates the transformative role of Hindu ideas, models, and institutions, making this text essential for scholarly audiences of South Asian history, religious studies, Hindu studies, and South Asian studies.

Richard Weiss is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions at the Victoria University of Wellington. He is author of Recipes for Immortality: Medicine, Religion, and Community in South India.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	3 color photographs, 1 map
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-520-30705-4 / 0520307054
ISBN-13	978-0-520-30705-6 / 9780520307056
Zustand	Neuware