A Vision for Hinduism by Jeffery D Long
Two radically different ideologies are currently competing for the loyalties of the Hindu community. One of these ideologies, Hindu nationalism, conceives of Hinduness as co-extensive with Indianness. The other ideology, which has been articulated by such figures as Sri Ramakrishna and Mahatma Gandhi, repesents Hinduism as the 'eternal' or 'universal' religion. This is an idea of Hinduism that is pluralistic and all-inclusive. Arguing that Hindu nationalism is not only destructive of communal relations, but that it also prevents Hinduism from emerging as a world religion in the true sense of the term, the author here explores a reconfigured version of the second of these two ideologies. He presents a vision of Hinduism as a tradition capable of pointing the way towards a future in which all the world's religions manifest complementary visions of a larger reality - and in which they all, in various ways, participate. This radical religious agenda puts a new and exciting perspective on Hindu and South Asian studies alike.
Jeffery D Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, and specialises in South and East Asian religious and philosophical traditions and comparative issues in the study of religion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845112738 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845112733 |
| Title | A Vision for Hinduism |
| Author | Jeffery D Long |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2006-11-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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