The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies

by Jessica Frazier (Editor)

Overview

Originally published as The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies, this Companion offers the definitive guide to Hinduism and study in this area. Now available in paperback, The Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies 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 tool for anyone working in Hindu Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472567178
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/16/2014
Series:	Bloomsbury Companions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	424
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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).
Jessica Frazier is Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK, and Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Kent, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword Gavin Ford
List of Contributors
Preface and Introduction
Part I: Introduction: New Visions of Hinduism
Part II: Key Themes: Reading Paths
Part III: The History of Hindu Studies
Part IV: Current Approaches: Articles on Key Themes
1. Hindu Cosmology, Angelika Malinar
2. Ascetic Traditions, Sondra Hausner
3. Tantric Traditions, Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson
4. Bhakti Traditions, Karen Prentiss Pechilis
5. Hindu Epics, Simon Brodbeck
6. Yoga and Samkhya, Knut Axel Jacobsen
Philosophical Traditions, David Lawrence
7. Hindu Society, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
8. Hindu Visual Culture, Kenneth Valpey
9. Colonial Hinduism, Brian Hatcher]
Part V: Regional Perspectives: Local Traditions
Part VI: Research Methods: From Manuscripts to Fieldwork
Part VII: Future Directions: Issues and Debates
Part VIII: Study Resources: Reading Lists, Sites and Sources
Bibliography
Index