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This volume explores how court actions significantly shape Hinduism in Indian and Nepalese societies, perhaps even more so than the ideology of any political party. How do courts, within the framework of secularism, deal in practice with Hinduism? The approach developed is resolutely historical and anthropological and relies on in-depth ethnography and archival research

This volume explores how court actions significantly shape Hinduism in Indian and Nepalese societies, perhaps even more so than the ideology of any political party. How do courts, within the framework of secularism, deal in practice with Hinduism? The approach developed is resolutely historical and anthropological and relies on in-depth ethnography and archival research

The members of the Hare Krishna movement in Singapore have been subjected to state and social disapproval since the late seventies. In order to gain legitimate space and approval they have adopted various strategies of negotiating their identity within the social structure of Singapore. In this paper, we investigate the transformation of the relationship between State and Hare Krishna and popular Hinduism and Hare Krishna over the past four decades. This paper also serves as a documentation of the growth of the Hare Krishna movement in Singapore. It will be shown that Hare Krishna devotees, while cautious not to provoke the state into sanctioning them, have persisted in their devotional practices and gradually expanded in terms of numbers and social spaces. The social oppression they face has also caused them to re-negotiate their ambiguous identi?cation with popular Hinduism. Interviews with them suggest that the negotiation of identity with Hinduism is complex. Although all of them have a similar understanding of the Hare Krishna philosophy, they employ different de?nitions of Hinduism and act accordingly.

Though nominally a secular state, under BJP rule, Hinduism in India has seen a greater prominence in politics and society than at any time in the post-independence era. As such, it is worthwhile examining how, in certain core aspects, Hinduism may affect the key variables of economic and social development. This is a neglected area that has largely been ignored by international institutions, especially by UN agencies and the World Bank. This exploratory paper provides some historical context and focuses particularly on the impact of caste on India's body politic and development. It examines the arguments of those that suggest that Hinduism may have positive effects and those that suggest otherwise. It concludes by arguing that negative effects far outweigh any putative benefits.

Gandhi's relationship with Hinduism and other religio-cultural traditions has generally been understood as part of a narrative of uniformity in which there is little scope for internal variations and ambiguities. One of the most important consequences of this uniformity is that the complexities and subtleties of Gandhi's approaches to the questions of religious and cultural spheres as well as identities are often not given the attention they deserve. Whereas Gandhi carried on a lifelong campaign for the reform of the Hindu society, his self-description as an orthodox or sanatani Hindu also holds important meanings for our understanding of him, especially in view of the fact that he was among the few leaders and thinkers of modern India who accepted and defended what may be described as popular Hinduism. The idea of the equality of all religions implying that all religions are equally true provided the template for his interface with Islam, Christianity and other traditions, without, however, denying the existence and relevance of difference in forms between various religions. Approaching politics as a deeply religious man, he had a lifelong engagement with Hindu leaders and organisations wherein the complexities of his perspective are clearly expressed.

Most overviews of Hindu belief and practice follow a history from the ancient Vedas to today. Such approaches privilege Brahmanical traditions and create a sense of Hinduism as a homogenous system and culture, and one which is largely unchanging and based solely on sacred texts. In reality, modern Hindu faith and culture present an extraordinary range of dynamic beliefs and practices. ''Contemporary Hinduism'' aims to capture the full breadth of the Hindu worldview as practised today, both in the sub-continent and the diaspora. Global and regional faith, ritualised and everyday practice, Brahm

"Covering the earliest Sanskrit rulebooks through to the codification of 'Hindu law' in modern times, this interdisciplinary volume examines the interactions between Hinduism and the law. The authors present the major transformations to India's legal system in both the colonial and post colonial periods and their relation to recent changes in Hinduism. Thematic studies show how law and Hinduism relate and interact in areas such as ritual, logic, politics, and literature, offering a broad coverage of South Asia's contributions to religion and law at the intersection of society, politics and culture. In doing so, the authors build on previous treatments of Hindu law as a purely text-based tradition, and in the process, provide a fascinating account of an often neglected social and political history"--

From the Contents: Adivasi -- Colonial Perceptions of Tribal Religion -- Khasi Religion -- Medical System of the Khos -- Religion of Bharias -- Religion of the Ao Naga -- Religion of the Ho Tribe -- Religion of the Raika-Rebari -- Religion of the Sumi Naga -- Religion of the Tiwas -- Abhinavagupta -- Abortion (Hinduism) -- Acintya-bhedābheda-Tattva -- Adhikāra -- Adultery (Hinduism) -- Agastya -- Agrahāra -- Ahalyā, the Human Face of Sacred Infidelity -- Aitareya Brāhmaṇa -- Akka Mahādevī -- Alcohol (Use of) -- Alexander the Great -- Amṛtānanda Mayī Mā (Ammachi) -- Anandamarga (Ānandamārga) -- Appar -- Appayya Dīkṣita -- Arcāvatāra -- Ardhanārīśvara -- Arjuna -- Aryan [Āryan] -- Astronomy -- Aum -- Auroville -- Auspiciousness -- Avidyā -- Aśvamedha -- Babri Masjid (Bābarī Masjid) -- Bahuchara Mata (Deity of Transgenders) -- Basava -- Basham, A. L. -- Besant, Annie -- Bhandarkar, R.G -- Bharat Dharma Mahamandal -- Bhedābheda -- Bhoga -- Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- Bhārata Mātā -- Bhāravi -- Bhāskara -- Bhīma -- Bhīṣma -- Bioethics (Hinduism) -- Birth Control -- Brahma Kumaris -- Brahma Sūtras (Vedānta Sūtras) -- Brahman -- Brahmo Samaj -- Brahmotsava -- Brahmā -- Brāhmaṇa (Brahmin/Brahman) -- Brāhmaṇas -- Bādarāyaṇa -- Bāuls -- Caribbean and Central America, Hinduism in -- Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra -- China (Hinduism) -- Cilappatikāram (Śilappadigāram, Shilappadigaram) -- Cinema, Hindu Themes in -- Citamparam (Chidambaram) -- Dattātreya -- Daṇḍanīti -- Demon (Hinduism) -- Devīmāhātmya -- Dharma -- Dhyāna -- Dhṛtarāṣṭra -- Education, Hindu (Ancient, Classical, Modern, and Contemporary) -- Ekādaśī -- Environmentalism (Hinduism) -- Ganesh Chaturthi (Gaṇeśa Caturthī) -- Gaṅgeśa -- Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapati) -- God, Overview -- Hagiography -- Hanumān (Hanumant, Hanūman) -- Hariścandra -- Harivaṃśa -- Hastings, Warren -- Hijra (Hijaḍā) -- Himālaya -- Hindu Charitable Endowments -- Hindu Diaspora in Portugal: the Case of our Lady of Fatima Devotion -- Hindu Mahasabha -- Hinduism and Commercialization -- Hinduism in Africa -- Internet, Hinduism on -- Jajmānī System -- Janābāi -- Jones, William -- Jīva Gosvāmin -- Jīvanmukti -- Kaaval Katavul (Guarding Deities) -- Kaavu in Kerala (Sacred Groves in Kerala) -- Kabīr -- Kali -- Kane, P.V -- Kaurava -- Kaśmir Śaivism -- Kirtan in North America -- Krishnamurti, Jiddu -- Kriya Yoga -- Kumbha Mela -- Kuntī -- Liṅgāyata -- Loka -- Lokāyata -- Lāl Ded -- Līlā -- Madhusūdhana Sarasvatī -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- Mahā-vākya -- Mahābalipuram (Māmmalapuram) -- Mahābhārata -- Mantra -- Manuscripts (Hinduism) -- Mathematics -- Matrilineality (Hinduism) -- Maṇimēkalai -- Maṇipravāḷa -- Meaning (Hinduism) -- Medicine (Hinduism) -- Meditation (Hinduism) -- Megasthenes -- Menstruation: Pollutant to Potent -- Naiker, E.V. Ramaswami ("Periyar") -- Nambudiri -- Nammāḻvār -- Naraka -- Nathdwara -- Nationalism (Hinduism) -- Navagraha -- Navarātri -- Naṭarāja -- Neo Vedānta -- Nimbārka -- Nirukta -- Nivedita, Sister -- Nivṛtti -- Niyoga -- Numbers -- Nyāya (and Navya-Nyāya) -- Old Age -- Omniscience (Hinduism) -- Pallava Dynasty -- Periya Purāṇam -- Pilgrimage – Hinduism -- Poṅkal (Pongal) -- Prahlāda -- Prakṛti -- Pramāṇa -- Prapatti -- Prarthana Samaj -- Pratyabhijñā -- Prayaschitta -- Proverb (Hinduism) -- Psychological Method -- Reason (Hinduism) -- Rebirth (Hinduism) -- Relativity (Hinduism) -- Religious Tourism -- Rishikesh (Hṛṣīkeśa) -- Sahaja -- Saints, Overview -- Samādhi -- Sanskrit (Saṃskṛt) -- Sanskrit literature in Maharashtra folk art Keertan -- Sanskritization (Hinduism) -- Sat -- Sati (Suttee) -- Satyabhāmā -- Savarkar, Vinayak Damodhar ("Veer") -- Saṃnyāsa -- Science -- Scripture (Hinduism) -- Shamanism

From the Contents: Adivasi -- Colonial Perceptions of Tribal Religion -- Khasi Religion -- Medical System of the Khos -- Religion of Bharias -- Religion of the Ao Naga -- Religion of the Ho Tribe -- Religion of the Raika-Rebari -- Religion of the Sumi Naga -- Religion of the Tiwas -- Abhinavagupta -- Abortion (Hinduism) -- Acintya-bhedābheda-Tattva -- Adhikāra -- Adultery (Hinduism) -- Agastya -- Agrahāra -- Ahalyā, the Human Face of Sacred Infidelity -- Aitareya Brāhmaṇa -- Akka Mahādevī -- Alcohol (Use of) -- Alexander the Great -- Amṛtānanda Mayī Mā (Ammachi) -- Anandamarga (Ānandamārga) -- Appar -- Appayya Dīkṣita -- Arcāvatāra -- Ardhanārīśvara -- Arjuna -- Aryan [Āryan] -- Astronomy -- Aum -- Auroville -- Auspiciousness -- Avidyā -- Aśvamedha -- Babri Masjid (Bābarī Masjid) -- Bahuchara Mata (Deity of Transgenders) -- Basava -- Basham, A. L. -- Besant, Annie -- Bhandarkar, R.G -- Bharat Dharma Mahamandal -- Bhedābheda -- Bhoga -- Bhāgavata Purāṇa -- Bhārata Mātā -- Bhāravi -- Bhāskara -- Bhīma -- Bhīṣma -- Bioethics (Hinduism) -- Birth Control -- Brahma Kumaris -- Brahma Sūtras (Vedānta Sūtras) -- Brahman -- Brahmo Samaj -- Brahmotsava -- Brahmā -- Brāhmaṇa (Brahmin/Brahman) -- Brāhmaṇas -- Bādarāyaṇa -- Bāuls -- Caribbean and Central America, Hinduism in -- Chatterjee, Bankim Chandra -- China (Hinduism) -- Cilappatikāram (Śilappadigāram, Shilappadigaram) -- Cinema, Hindu Themes in -- Citamparam (Chidambaram) -- Dattātreya -- Daṇḍanīti -- Demon (Hinduism) -- Devīmāhātmya -- Dharma -- Dhyāna -- Dhṛtarāṣṭra -- Education, Hindu (Ancient, Classical, Modern, and Contemporary) -- Ekādaśī -- Environmentalism (Hinduism) -- Ganesh Chaturthi (Gaṇeśa Caturthī) -- Gaṅgeśa -- Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapati) -- God, Overview -- Hagiography -- Hanumān (Hanumant, Hanūman) -- Hariścandra -- Harivaṃśa -- Hastings, Warren -- Hijra (Hijaḍā) -- Himālaya -- Hindu Charitable Endowments -- Hindu Diaspora in Portugal: the Case of our Lady of Fatima Devotion -- Hindu Mahasabha -- Hinduism and Commercialization -- Hinduism in Africa -- Internet, Hinduism on -- Jajmānī System -- Janābāi -- Jones, William -- Jīva Gosvāmin -- Jīvanmukti -- Kaaval Katavul (Guarding Deities) -- Kaavu in Kerala (Sacred Groves in Kerala) -- Kabīr -- Kali -- Kane, P.V -- Kaurava -- Kaśmir Śaivism -- Kirtan in North America -- Krishnamurti, Jiddu -- Kriya Yoga -- Kumbha Mela -- Kuntī -- Liṅgāyata -- Loka -- Lokāyata -- Lāl Ded -- Līlā -- Madhusūdhana Sarasvatī -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- Mahā-vākya -- Mahābalipuram (Māmmalapuram) -- Mahābhārata -- Mantra -- Manuscripts (Hinduism) -- Mathematics -- Matrilineality (Hinduism) -- Maṇimēkalai -- Maṇipravāḷa -- Meaning (Hinduism) -- Medicine (Hinduism) -- Meditation (Hinduism) -- Megasthenes -- Menstruation: Pollutant to Potent -- Naiker, E.V. Ramaswami ("Periyar") -- Nambudiri -- Nammāḻvār -- Naraka -- Nathdwara -- Nationalism (Hinduism) -- Navagraha -- Navarātri -- Naṭarāja -- Neo Vedānta -- Nimbārka -- Nirukta -- Nivedita, Sister -- Nivṛtti -- Niyoga -- Numbers -- Nyāya (and Navya-Nyāya) -- Old Age -- Omniscience (Hinduism) -- Pallava Dynasty -- Periya Purāṇam -- Pilgrimage – Hinduism -- Poṅkal (Pongal) -- Prahlāda -- Prakṛti -- Pramāṇa -- Prapatti -- Prarthana Samaj -- Pratyabhijñā -- Prayaschitta -- Proverb (Hinduism) -- Psychological Method -- Reason (Hinduism) -- Rebirth (Hinduism) -- Relativity (Hinduism) -- Religious Tourism -- Rishikesh (Hṛṣīkeśa) -- Sahaja -- Saints, Overview -- Samādhi -- Sanskrit (Saṃskṛt) -- Sanskrit literature in Maharashtra folk art Keertan -- Sanskritization (Hinduism) -- Sat -- Sati (Suttee) -- Satyabhāmā -- Savarkar, Vinayak Damodhar ("Veer") -- Saṃnyāsa -- Science -- Scripture (Hinduism) -- Shamanism.