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Indian Religions
Indian Religions
February 25, 2021
The Mahabharata
Bibek Debroy
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Dispute over land and kingdom may lie at the heart of this story of war between cousins the Pandavas and the Kouravas but the Mahabharata is about conflicts of dharma …
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Indian Religions
February 24, 2021
Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab
Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947
Michale P. Brunner
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Michael P. Brunner's Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab: Khalsa College, the Sikh Tradition and the Webs of Knowledge, 1880-1947 (Palgrave, 2020) explores the localisation of modernity in late colonial India. As a …
Indian Religions
February 17, 2021
Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence
Christopher T. Fleming
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence (Oxford UP, 2021) provides an account of various theories of ownership (svatva) and inheritance (dāya) in Sanskrit jurisprudential literature (Dharmaśāstra). It examines the evolution of different …
Indian Religions
February 9, 2021
Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions
Knut A. Jacobsen
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions (Routledge, 2020) presents critical research, overviews and case studies on religion in historical South Asia and in the seven nation states of contemporary South …
Anthropology
January 26, 2021
The Cow in the Elevator
An Anthropology of Wonder
Tulasi Srinivas
Hosted by Lakshita Malik
In The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder (Duke UP, 2018), Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present …
Indian Religions
January 26, 2021
Digital Hinduism
Xenia Zeiler
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. Xenia Zeiler's book …
Indian Religions
January 20, 2021
Anti-Christian Violence in India
Chad M. Bauman
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict any more than other social identities? Through an extended history of Christian-Hindu relations, and …
Indian Religions
January 12, 2021
Tracing the Path of Yoga
The History and Philosophy of Indian Mind-Body Discipline
Stuart Ray Sarbacker
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Clear, accessible, and meticulously annotated, Tracing the Path of Yoga: The History and Philosophy of Indian Mind-Body Discipline (SUNY Press, 2021) offers a comprehensive survey of the history and philosophy of …
Indian Religions
January 8, 2021
Maya in the Bhagavata Purana
Human Suffering and Divine Play
Gopal K. Gupta
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The idea of Maya pervades Indian philosophy. It is enigmatic, multivalent, and foundational, with its oldest referents found in the Rig Veda. Maya in the Bhagavata Purana: Human Suffering and …
Indian Religions
December 29, 2020
Post-lineage Yoga
From Guru to #metoo
Theodora Wildcroft
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Theodora Wildcroft's Post-lineage Yoga: From Guru to #metoo (Equinox Publishing, 2020) presents a ground-breaking model for scholars to understand the contemporary teaching and practice of yoga, one where peer networks …
Indian Religions
December 18, 2020
Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World
Leah Elizabeth Comeau
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Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) contributes new methods for the study and interpretation of material religion found within literary landscapes. The poets of Hindu devotion …
Indian Religions
December 14, 2020
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Vedanta
Ayon Maharaj
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Ayon Maharaj's The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Vedanta (Bloomsbury, 2020) brings together a distinguished team of scholars from philosophy, theology, and religious studies to provide the first in-depth discussion of …
Indian Religions
December 11, 2020
White Utopias
The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals
Amanda J. Lucia
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In White Utopias: The …
Indian Religions
December 9, 2020
The Audacious Raconteur
Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India
Leela Prasad
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Can a subject be sovereign in a hegemony? Can creativity be reined in by forces of empire? The Audacious Raconteur: Sovereignty and Storytelling in Colonial India (Cornell UP, 2020) argues …
Indian Religions
December 7, 2020
In Dialogue with the Mahābhārata
Brian Black
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This book offers the first extensive study of the dialogue form in the Mahābhārata. Despite its importance, the variety of uses and implications of dialogue in the Mahābhārata remain relatively …
Indian Religions
December 3, 2020
The Indian Diaspora
Hindus and Sikhs in Australia
Jayant B. Bapat, Purushottama Bilimoria and Philip Hughes
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Since the late 1990s, the Indian community in Australia has grown faster than any other immigrant community. The Indian Diaspora has made substantial contributions to the multi-ethnic and multi-religious diversity …
Indian Religions
December 2, 2020
The Truth of Yoga
A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga's History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices
Daniel Simpson
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Succinct answers to nearly any question about yoga's origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices. Much of what is said about yoga is misleading. To take two examples, it is …
Indian Religions
November 30, 2020
Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies
Suzanne Newcombe and Karen O'Brien-Kop
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies (Routledge, 2020) is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextualises the rapidly expanding fields that explore yoga and meditative techniques. The book …
Indian Religions
November 27, 2020
The Bhagavad-Gītā
A Critical Introduction
Ithamar Theodor
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Ithamar Theodor's The Bhagavad-Gītā: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020) is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to one of the most read texts in South Asia. The Bhagavad-gītā is at its …
South Asian Studies
November 27, 2020
Citizenship in a Caste Polity
Religion, Language and Belonging in Goa
Jason Keith Fernandes
Hosted by Ali Mohsin
In the mid-1980s, Goa witnessed mass demonstrations, violent protests and political mobilising, following which Konkani was declared the official language of the Goan territory. However, Konkani was recognised only in …
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