Public Hinduisms

First Edition

Edited by:

John Zavos - Manchester University, UK
Pralay Kanungo - School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Deepa S. Reddy - University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA and Director, India Outreach Programs, University of Houston System
Maya Warrier - University of Wales, Trinity St David
Raymond Williams - Wabash College, USA

September 2012 | 540 pages | SAGE India

Public Hinduisms critically analyzes 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 mobilization 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

John Zavos

PART 1: RESEARCHING PUBLIC HINDUISMS

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

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

Maya Warrier

PART 3: TRADITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS

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

Gérard Toffin

Snapshot: Rethinking Social Movements/Rethinking Hindu Nationalism

Amrita Basu

Pralay Kanungo

PART 4: COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

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

Deepa S. Reddy

PART FIVE: MEDIATING HINDUISMS

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

[The book] is such a welcome contribution to the field…The thirty-two pieces in this collection make for a long but surprisingly readable book… Public Hinduisms is a thoughtful, well-crafted, and important set of essays that demonstrates forcefully that Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are not the only public religions nor the only ones that are fighting for their place in the public sphere and for their particular universal truths. Reading this book…is a good corrective and lights the way to a better, more nuanced, and inevitably contested approach to religions in general.

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