The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism

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The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism
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The Oxford History of Hinduism: Introduction to the Series
Introduction: Modernity and Hinduism
	THE INVENTION OF HINDUISM?
	MODERNITY AND STANDARDIZATION
	THE CONTRIBUTIONS
	REFERENCES
Part 1: Early Hindu Reformers and Reform Movements
	1: Early Modern Hinduism
		KEY CONCEPTS
			Bhakti: Continuities, Innovations, Movements
			Organization: Sampradāy, Rearticulations, Patronage
			Language: Vernaculars, Literatures, Multilingualism
		MAIN FIGURES
			Syncretists?: Kabīr, Nānak
			Initiators of Sampradāys: Caitanya, Vallabha
			Literary and Devotional Figures: Sūrdās, Mīrābāī, Tulsīdās
		CONCLUSIONS
		REFERENCES
	2: Rammohun Roy and the Bengal Renaissance
		BENGAL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
			The Political Background
			Society
			Education
			Communications
		RAMMOHUN ROY
			Rammohun’s Life
			Rammohun in Politics
			Rammohun’s Religion
		RAMMOHUN’S LEGACY
		REFERENCES
	3: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and Modern Hinduism
		INTRODUCTION
		MAJOR WRITINGS
		WHAT IS HINDUISM?
		THE DHARMA CONUNDRUM
		TOLERANCE, SUPERIORITY, AND INCLUSIVISM
		LEGACY
		REFERENCES
	4: Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī and ISKCON
		INTRODUCTION
		EARLY LIFE
		THE GAUDIYA MATH AND MISSION
		LONDON AND BERLIN
		SCHISM
		ISKCON
		RESEARCH OVERVIEW
		REFERENCES
			Primary Sources
			Secondary Sources
Part 2: Expressions and Locations of Modern Hinduism
	5: Mūrti, Idol, Art, and Commodity: The Multiple Identities of Hindu Images
		THE IMAGE AS MŪRTI
		THE IMAGE AS IDOL
		THE HINDU IMAGE AS ART
		THE IMAGE AS POLITICAL SYMBOL
		THE IMAGE IN CYBER SPACE: MŪRTI, COMMODITY, SYMBOL
		CONCLUDING REMARKS
		REFERENCES
	6: Indian Cinema and Modern Hinduism
		NEW STORIES FOR NEW TIMES
		EROTIC LOVE: PRACTICE AND LITERARY TROPE
		WILFUL ANACHRONISMS AND OTHER ‘MISTAKES’
		THE MODERN INDIAN HERO
		BIO-PICS: STRONG INDIVIDUALS
		A MULTIPLE DISCOURSE NARRATIVE FROM MAHARASHTRA
		TAMIL NADU: RELIGION AND POLITICS
		SUPPRESSION OF SEXUALITY AND RELIGION
		DOUBTS ABOUT RELIGION
		REFERENCES
	7: Hindu Pilgrimage and Modern Tourism
		INTRODUCTION
		PILGRIMAGE PRIESTS
		MĀHĀTMYAS AND GUIDEBOOKS
		PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGES
		STATE-LED TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
		SUMMARY
		REFERENCES
	8: Hinduism and New Age: Patrimonial Oneness and Religious Cosmopolitanism
		GROWTH AND FUZZY CONTOURS
		ATTRACTIONS
		MIDDLE-CLASS COCOONS AND PATRIMONIAL ONENESS
		RELIGIOUS COSMOPOLITANISM
		CONCLUDING REMARKS
		REFERENCES
	9: Online Hinduism
		INTRODUCTION
			Hinduism and ‘Core Concepts’
			A Historical Approach
		HINDUISM AND THE INTERNET: A BRIEF HISTORY
		ONLINE CREMATION
			Online Cremation and Religious-Social Shaping of Technology
		PŪJĀ
			Online Pūjā or the Ordering of Pūjā Online
			Virtual Online Pūjā
			Virtual Online Pūjā and Māyā
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
			Cited Websites
	10: Modern Hindu Diaspora(s)
		UNPACKING TERMS AND CONCEPTS
		DISPLACEMENTS: PRODUCING HINDU DIASPORA(S)
		CONTOURS OF DIASPORA HINDUISM(S)
		ORGANIZING SACRED SPACE: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
		ENERGIZED FOLK HINDU DOMAINS: SYNCRETISM AT WORK
		CONTESTATIONS AND REFORMIST IMPULSES
		A BRIEF ENDING NOTE
		REFERENCES
Part 3: Politics, Ethics, and Law
	11: The History of Hindu Nationalism in India
		INTRODUCTION
		AKHIL BHARATIYA HINDU MAHASABHA
		SAVARKAR AND HINDUTVA
		THE RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH
		THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY
		THE VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	12: Caste and Contemporary Hindu Society: Community, Politics, and Work
		APPROACHING CASTE AS A CATEGORY
		COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS
		TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF CASTE
		STRUCTURE AND PROCESSES: DUMONT AND SRINIVAS
		THE SUBSTANTIALIZATION OF CASTE
		CASTE POLITICS, VIOLENCE, AND ASSERTION
		WORK, LABOUR AND NEW DIMENSIONS OF CASTE
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	13: Hindu Law in Modern Times: How Hindu Law Continues in Modern India
		INTRODUCTION: NORMATIVE PLURALITY IN CHANGING TIMES
		CONNECTIONS OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
		BRITISH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION OF HINDU LAW
			The Limits of Law
			Legal Regulation in the Colonial Period
		CONSTRUCTING ‘BOGUS’ ANGLO-HINDU LAW
		THE PERCEIVED POSTCOLONIAL NEED FOR FURTHER CODIFICATION OF HINDU LAW
		POSTCOLONIAL INDIAN LAWMAKING: INCOMPLETE REFORMS
		CONCLUSIONS
		REFERENCES
	14: Modern Hindu Dharma and Environmentalism
		A BRIEF RESEARCH REVIEW
		MODERN HINDU NGOS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL PROJECTS
		HINDUS AND THE BOVINE DHARMA
		DHARMIC ECOLOGY OF SWADHYAYIS
		DHARMIC ECOLOGY OF BISHNOIS
		DHARMA AND RELIGION
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
	15: Hinduism in the Secular Republic of Nepal
		INTRODUCTION
		A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEPAL
		THE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF NEPAL
		SECULARISM IN NEPAL 2006–2014: ANTI-SECULARISTS RAISE THEIR VOICES
		HINDU ACTIVISTS’ ANTI-SECULAR DISCOURSES
		THE 2015 CONSTITUTION
		HINDU STATE RITUALS IN A SECULAR STATE
		POLITICAL CHANGE, RITUAL CONTINUITY
		CONCLUSION
		REFERENCES
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