Ebook: Public Hinduisms

Public Hinduisms critically analyses 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 particul.;List of plates -- Preface -- Section A: Researching public Hinduisms / edited by John Zavos -- 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 -- Section B: Ecumenical constructions / edited by Raymond Brady Williams -- 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 Bauman -- Snapshot : "practising Hindus", Hindutva and multiculturalism / Balmurli Natrajan -- Traditions and transformations / edited by Maya Warrier -- 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 Madhvas? : a controversy over the public representation of the Madhva Sampradya / Kiyokazu Okita -- Snapshot : the California textbook controversy / Deepa S. Reddy -- The power of boundaries : transnational links among Krishna Pranamis of India and Nepal / Gørard Toffin -- Snapshot : rethinking social movements/rethinking Hindu nationalism / Amrita Basu -- Community mobilisation / edited by Pralay Kanungo -- 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 transnationalisms : organisations, 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 -- Section E: Mediating Hinduisms / edited by Deepa S. Reddy -- 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 -- About the editors and contributors -- Index.