The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies

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Jessica Frazier, Gavin Flood
A&C Black, Jun 30, 2011 - Religion - 407 pages

The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies offers the definitive guide to Hinduism and study in this area. The book covers all the most pressing and important themes and categories in the field - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, valuably, how the various topics intersect through detailed reading paths. Featuring a series of indispensible research tools, including a detailed list of resources, chronology and diagrams summarizing content, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in Hindu Studies.

 

Contents

New Visions of Hinduism
1
Chapters and Reading Paths
16
3 The History of Hindu Studies
33
Articles on Key Themes
60
From Manuscripts to Fieldwork
200
Local Traditions
254
Issues and Debates
285
Reading Lists Sites and Resources
344
Bibliography
361
Index
401
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About the author (2011)

Jessica Frazier is Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK, and is the author of Seeing is Believing: Caravaggio's Incredulity of St Thomas, in Art and Truth (forthcoming, Syracuse University Press). Gavin Flood is Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and the author of An Introduction to Hinduism (CUP 2004).

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