LibGuides: Religious Studies : Hinduism

Books

Guide to Hindu Religion by David J. Dell
ISBN: 0816179034
Publication Date: 1981-06-01
Hindu Images in the Global Age by E. Allen Richardson In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests--becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world.
ISBN: 0786499443
Publication Date: 2018-11-20
Hindu Nationalism in India by Bidyut Chakrabarty; Bhuwan Kumar Jha This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to the twenty-first century. The authors provide a thorough overview of the chronological evolution of Hindu nationalist organizational outfits to reveal how Hindu nationalist ideology has adapted in ways that have not always corresponded with the orthodox Hindu nationalist position. An examination of the overriding preference for Hindu nationalism demonstrates how it has flourished and continues to remain relevant in contemporary India despite being marginalized at the dawn of India's independence. The book demonstrates that Hindu nationalism is a context-driven ideological device which is sensitive to the ideas and priorities that gradually gain salience. It also explores Hindu nationalism as a vote-catching device, especially from the late twentieth century onwards. Providing a nuanced analysis of Hindu nationalism in India as a constantly evolving phenomenon, this book will be of interest to researchers on Asian political theory, nationalism, religious politics and South Asian and Indian politics.
ISBN: 9780367253325
Publication Date: 2019-12-12
The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City by Deonnie Moodie Kalighat is said to be the oldest and most potent Hindu pilgrimage site in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It is home to the dark goddess Kali in her ferocious form and attracts thousands of worshipers a day, many sacrificing goats at her feet. In The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City, Deonnie Moodie examines the ways middle-class authors, judges, and activists have worked to modernize Kalighat over the past long century. Rather than being rejected or becoming obsolete with the arrival of British colonialism and its accompanying iconoclastic Protestant ideals, the temple became a medium through which middle-class Hindus could produce and publicize their modernity, as well as the modernity of their city and nation. That trend continued and even strengthened in the wake of India's economic liberalization in the 1990s. Kalighat is a superb example of the ways Hindus work to modernize India while also Indianizing modernity through Hinduism's material forms. Moodie explores both middle-class efforts to modernize Kalighat and the lower class's resistance to those efforts. Conflict between class groups throws into high relief the various roles the temple plays in peoples' lives, and explains why the modernizers have struggled to bring their plans to fruition. The Making of a Modern Temple and a Hindu City is the first scholarly work to juxtapose and analyze processes of historiographical, institutional, and physical modernization of a Hindu temple.
ISBN: 9780190885267
Publication Date: 2018-12-04

UW Libraries Databases

Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Volume IV, Eastern Religions
Collection of works and archival materials related to twentieth century religious thinkers, focused on Eastern religions.

India Database This link opens in a new window
A specialized set of full-text, scholarly journals across major subject disciplines, including business, medical, science, technology, social sciences, and humanities. It provides a foundation of around 200 academic journals published entirely in India.
India, Raj & Empire This link opens in a new window
Historic full-text archive that reproduces British and Indian manuscripts from 1615 to 1947. On the Adam Matthew platform.

Outside Resources

Indian Museum Kolkata
The Indian Museum has rare collections of Asian Indian antiques, armor and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

American Heritage Center

Thomas C. Kennedy Papers, Collection 400003

Thomas C. Kennedy was a professor at the University of Wyoming. His collection includes course materials that range in subject- with some of them touching on the subject of religion and Hinduism specifically.

Paul Popenoe Papers, Collection 04681

Paul Popenoe was a prolific writer whose interests ranged vastly. There are a couple of subject headings related to "Hindus" and "Hindu Gastronomy."