TY  - BOOK
AU  - David Smith
TI  -  Hinduism and modernity
T2  - 	Religion in the modern world
SN  - 9780631208624
U1  - 294.5 D2807 H 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - 	Malden
PB  - Blackwell Publishing
KW  - Hinduism and culture
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Religion
N1  - "The scope of the book is extremely broad, covering topics such as Orientalism, women, goddesses, gods, and the central problem of contemporary Hinduism - the rise of Hindu nationalism ... The book will be of interest not only to students of Hinduism but also to all those interested in the sociology of religion more broadly, and indeed everyone interested in the conjunction of modernity and tradition"--Jacket; 	pt. 1. Hinduism and modernity explained --
Modernity and Hinduism --
India and the juggernaut of modernity --
Hinduism ancient and modern --
Hinduism for others --
Islam and Hinduism --
European discovery of Hinduism --
Hinduism and orientalism --
pt. 3. Hinduism contrasted with modernity --
'Woman caste' (aurat jati) and the gender of modernity --
Kali East and West --
Gods of Hinduism and the idols of modernity --
Image of the self --
pt. 4. Hinduism today --
Gurus --
Modernity and Hindu nationalism --
Hinduism and the global future
ER  -