Hinduism And Tribal Religions

Author : Jeffery D. Long,Rita D. Sherma,Pankaj Jain,Madhu Khanna
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1822 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9402411879

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Hinduism and Tribal Religions by Jeffery D. Long,Rita D. Sherma,Pankaj Jain,Madhu Khanna Pdf

This volume offers an overview of Hinduism as found in India and the diaspora. Exploring Hinduism in India in dynamic interaction, rather than in isolation, the volume discusses the relation of Hinduism with other religions of Indian origin and with religions which did not originate in India but have been a major feature of its religious landscape. These latter religions include Islam and Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. The volume also covers Hinduism’s close association with Tribal Religions, sometimes called Primal Religions. As its second main theme, the volume examines the phenomenon of Hinduism in the diaspora. The Indian diaspora is now beginning to make its presence felt, both in India and abroad. In India, the Indian government annually hosts a diaspora event called Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), in recognition of the growing importance of the twenty-million-strong diaspora. Although not all Indians are Hindus, most are, both in India and abroad, and a strong sense of Hindu identity is emerging among diasporic Hindus. This volume fills the need felt by Hindus both in India and the diaspora for more knowledge about modern-day Hinduism, Hindu history and traditions. It takes into account three main aspects of Hinduism: that the active pan-Indian and diasporic language of the Hindus is English; that modern Hindus need a rational rather than a devotional or traditional exposition of the religion; and that they need information about and arguments to address the stereotypes which characterize the presentation of Hinduism in academia and the media, especially in the West.

Author : Pankaj Jain,Rita DasGupta Sherma,Jeffery D. Long,Madhu Khanna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1295093431

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Hinduism and Tribal Religions by Pankaj Jain,Rita DasGupta Sherma,Jeffery D. Long,Madhu Khanna Pdf

Author : M. C. Behera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UOM:39015052007898

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Tribal Religion by M. C. Behera Pdf

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Author : Esther Bloch,Marianne Keppens,Rajaram Hegde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135182786

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Rethinking Religion in India by Esther Bloch,Marianne Keppens,Rajaram Hegde Pdf

This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however, many academics consider this conception to be a colonial ‘construction’. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism. Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the argument. Organized in two parts, the first half of the book provides new analyses of historical and empirical data; the second presents some of the theoretical questions that have emerged from the debate on the construction of Hinduism. Where some of the contributors argue that Hinduism was created as a result of a western Christian notion of religion and the imperatives of British colonialism, others show that this religion already existed in pre-colonial India; and as an alternative to these standpoints, other writers argue that Hinduism only exists in the European experience and does not correspond to any empirical reality in India. This volume offers new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India and will be of interest to scholars of the History of Religion, Asian Religion, Postcolonial and South Asian Studies.

Author : Harold W. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035264303

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Living Tribal Religions by Harold W. Turner Pdf

Author : Shiv Kumar Tiwari
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 8176252999

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Tribal Roots of Hinduism by Shiv Kumar Tiwari Pdf

Author : Sandhya Jain
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798885303781

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Adi Deo Arya Devata by Sandhya Jain Pdf

The British claimed that India’s Adivasi population lay beyond the pale of mainstream Hindu society. Yet even a cursory mapping of the spiritual-cultural landscape reveals a deep symbiotic relationship between tribals and non-tribals, which is amply reflected in the ancient literature and inscriptions. Indeed, it was also noted by colonial anthropologists and ethnographers (mainly British officials), who deliberately delinked tribals from Hindu society through the imposition of racial categories and census classifications. Tribals have made an enormous contribution to India’s civilisation; all major gods of the Indic tradition have tribal links. Shiva was worshipped by forest-dwelling communities in large parts of the country, as were Vishnu’s incarnations as Varaha (boar) and Narasimha (lion). Vishnu, in fact, evolved out of several distinct deities, notably Vasudeva, the supreme lord of the Vrishni/Satvata tribe; Krishna of the Yadava clan; Gopala of the Abhira tribe and Narayana of the Hindukush mountains. Similarly, Gautama Buddha hailed from the Sakya tribe; Vardhaman Mahavira was a scion of the Jnatrikas. There is to this day a close relationship between the Kurumba, Lambadi, Yenadi, Yerukula and Chenchu tribes and Shri Venkateshwar of Tirupathi. Lord Ayyappam in Kerala and Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu also appear to have tribal links. All these gods and temples, as also that of Jagannath in Puri, enjoy a pre-eminent status in the classical Hindu pantheon. Even caste, long regarded as the keynote of Hindu society, possibly originated in the tribal clan or gotra. The term ‘jat’ or ‘jati’ is used equally for caste and tribe in most Indian languages and tribal dialects. Moreover, the defining characteristics of tribes apply equally to castes, such as claims of descent from a common ancestor, common language, endogamy and clan exogamy, caste/tribal councils, certain taboos in matters of diet and marriage alliances, presence of hierarchy within groups and limited self-sufficiency. Mahatma Gandhi insisted that tribals are an inalienable part of Hindu society. This work suggests that tribal society constitutes the keynote and the bedrock of Hindu civilisation.

Author : Julia Leslie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351772990

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Authority and Meaning in Indian Religions by Julia Leslie Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Can a text be used either to validate or to invalidate contemporary understandings? Texts may be deemed 'sacred', but sacred to whom? Do conflicting understandings matter? Is it appropriate to try to offer a resolution? For Hindus and non-Hindus, in India and beyond, Valmiki is the poet-saint who composed the epic Rà mà yaõa. Yet for a vocal community of dalits (once called 'untouchables'), within and outside India, Valmiki is God. How then does one explain the popular story that he started out as an ignorant and violent bandit, attacking and killing travellers for material gain? And what happens when these two accounts, Valmiki as God and Valmiki as villain, are held simultaneously by two different religious groups, both contemporary, and both vocal? This situation came to a head with controversial demonstrations by the Valmiki community in Britain in 2000, giving rise to some searching questions which Julia Leslie now seeks to address.

Author : Karen Pechilis,Selva J. Raj
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780415448512

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South Asian Religions by Karen Pechilis,Selva J. Raj Pdf

This valuable resource explores the important role which the minority traditions play in the religious life of the subcontinent.

Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher : Springer
Page : 2000 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9400719884

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Encyclopedia of Indian Religions by Arvind Sharma Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Indian Religions offers a complete overview of Hinduism and all other religions found in India and the Diaspora, such as Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and so on. It is strongly characterized by two special features, each pertaining to the fact that Hinduism is closely associated with India but has now become global in its reach. In relation to Hinduism in India, it views Hinduism not in isolation but in dynamic interaction, first with other religions of Indian origin and then with religions which did not originate in India but have been a lasting feature of its religious landscape, namely, Islam and Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. Secondly, the encyclopedia seriously takes into account the phenomenon of Hinduism in the Diaspora. The Indian Diaspora is now beginning to make its presence felt, both in India and abroad. In India, the Indian government annually hosts a Diaspora event called Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), in recognition of the growing importance of the 20 million strong Diaspora. And the role it is playing in the computer software industry around the world is well known. Although not all Indians are Hindus, most are, both in India and abroad. A strong sense of Hindu identity is emerging among diasporic Hindus. This has lead to an increasing amount of research on Hindu traditions and Indian identity, and the relation of Hinduism with other world religions. The Encyclopedia of Indian Religions will fill the need for information and clarification of modern day Hinduism and Hindu history and traditions to Hindus in the Diaspora. Three main aspects of diasporic Hinduism have been kept in mind while preparing this reference work: firstly the active language of diasporic Hindus is English. Secondly diasporic Hindus need a rational rather than a devotional or traditional exposition of the religion, and thirdly they need information and arguments to address the stereotypes which characterize the presentation of Hinduism in the academia and the media, especially in the West. The above is covered in a comprehensive reference work that covers: (1) Hinduism in various parts of the world such as Africa, North America and so on, along with the description of it as practiced in India; (2) the various religious movements of a Hindu hue which have had international impact such as Hare Krishna, and (3) Hindu beliefs and practices as they are being understood and lived out in a modern global environment. And (4), as not all Indians are Hindu, this encyclopedia will contain entries on all religions found in India in the same spirit.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9389069130

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Tribal Religion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 20??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1403519875

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Encyclopedia on Indian religions by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dinesh Chandra
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789385975431

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Hinduism by Dinesh Chandra Pdf

This book is, thus, an effort to compile the history, development and the basic tenets of Hinduism which guide the way of life of one fifth of humanity on earth. Effort has been made to include only the basic information that has helped a Hindu to choose a desired path from amongst the many that have been lighted up by Hindu sages to achieve their goal, that of attaining ‘Moksha’ or ‘Mukti’, which means that he or she obtains relief from the cycle of birth and death through good Karmas. This is the central precept of Hinduism. Interaction with people in foreign countries, other than Hindus, reveals that they have little knowledge about Hinduism. It is learnt that British schools have a period or two, in class eight, to deal with all religions which is obviously insufficient to make a child of that age to even understand the actual meaning of the word religion. Hindus who migrated abroad from India at a young age and those who were born abroad, except for Mauritius and Fiji islands where Hindus have lived as a cohesive community for over a century, and those who have continued to maintain their links with their original faith, many have started losing touch with the basics of their religion. Generally, there is a perceptible lack of authentic knowledge about the beginnings of Hindu religion and its evolution over the ages into what it represents today.

Author : J. Troisi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : India
ISBN : 0836401972

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Tribal Religion by J. Troisi Pdf

Author : Greg Johnson,Siv Ellen Kraft
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004346710

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Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) by Greg Johnson,Siv Ellen Kraft Pdf

Consisting of original scholarship at the intersection of indigenous studies and religious studies, the Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) includes a programmatic introduction arguing for new ways of conceptualizing the field, numerous case study-based examples, and an Afterword by Thomas Tweed.