Studies in Hinduism Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Developments

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Ādi Śaṁkara; Advaita; ātman; auto/biography; Bābā Farīd; Bankimchandra Chatterjee; Bengal; Bhāgavata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; bhakti; brahman; Bulleh Shāh; Caitanya; Caṇḍīdās; carita as genre; caste system; colonial; commentary; digital Hinduism; Gauḍīya; gaura nāgara vāda; gender; god posters; hagiography; Hindu images; Hindu nationalism; Hinduism; Hinduism and mediatization; Hindutva; Hīr-Rāṇjhā; Ibn 'Arabī; Jīva Gosvāmī; John Robert Seeley; Jyotirmaya Sharma; Krishnacaritra; life narratives in colonial Bengal; n/a; natural religions; philosophy of religion; Purāṇa; Rabindranath Tagore; Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; religious inclusivism; religious pluralism; Rūmī; Śakti; samādhi; secularism; Shani; Sri Ramakrishna; Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa; Śrīdhara; Srīkanḍa; Sufism; Swami Vivekananda; Upaniṣads; Vaiṣṇava; Vaiṣṇavism; Vedanta; Vedānta; Victorian Jesus; Vidyāpati; vijñāna; virahiṇī; Viṣnupriyā; Wāris Shāh; women; yoga; Yūsuf-Zulaikhā
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036507002; 9783036507019; books978-3-0365-0701-9
• Access: Open Access

This is a collection of articles by established scholars in the fields of History, Philosophy, Literature and Religious Studies. These are original essays which address the issues and concerns that now dominate the study of religion in its multiple dimensions with a fresh approach. They critique settled opinions and raise new and engaging questions concerning cultural hermeneutics and the academic study of religion. Embellished with a substantive and topical introduction by the editor, this collection of articles will be of abiding interest to scholars and interested lay persons alike.