Hindus : their religious beliefs and practices /

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Julius Lipner's Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world's great religious traditions. Hinduism comprises the religion and culture of the great majority of the people of India, a country tipped to become a world superpower politic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lipner, Julius
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, c2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Library of religious beliefs and practices.
Subjects:
Hinduism.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. About 'Hindu', Hinduism and this book
  • Pt. I. Guiding voices
  • 2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word
  • 3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word
  • 4. The voice of scripture as Veda and 'Veda'
  • 5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I)
  • 6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II)
  • 7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities
  • 8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative
  • 9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage
  • 10. The voice of experience
  • Pt. II. Reason and morality
  • 11. A story with a tale
  • 12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth
  • Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity
  • 13. Reckoning time and 'progress'
  • 14. the sacred and its forms
  • 15. Ways, means and ends
  • Concluding postscript.

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