Hinduism category: 1323 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devī, conceived as a singularity expressed in many forms. With the theological principles examined in the opening chapters, the book proceeds to describe and expound historically...
by Swami Achuthananda
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
*** Winner 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Religious Non-fiction) ***
This is a comprehensive book on Hinduism. It tells you why Hindus do the things they do - and don't. Written in a casual style, the book guides you through the fundamentals of the religion. It then goes further and...
Hinduism and Environmental Ethics
Law, Literature, and Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing. It presents careful, extensive, and original interpretations of passages from the Manusmrti (law), the Mahābhārata...
AUM BEEP BEEP
Lifting the lid on Hinduism
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
"Aum Beep Beep" is a heartfelt cry of rage from within the citadel of caste privilege. This highly irreverent, controversial and hilarious book, written in the form of an impassioned letter from a father to a son, charts the journey of a believer from belief to disillusionment to outrage...
Homo Ritualis
Hindu Ritual and Its Significance for Ritual Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Is the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique? Are Indians or Hindus more involved in rituals than people of other faiths and other places? If so, what makes them special? Can we speak of a homo ritualis when it comes to India or Hinduism? Drawing on extensive textual...
Was Hinduism Invented?
Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2005
Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction...
The Little Book of Hindu Deities
From the Goddess of Wealth to the Sacred Cow
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Pixar animator and Academy Award–nominated director Sanjay Patel (Sanjay’s Super Team) brings to life Hinduism’s most important gods and goddesses (and one sacred stone) in fun, full-color illustrations, each accompanied by a short, lively profile.
The Little Book of Hindu Deities is...
Unifying Force of Hinduism
The Harekrsna Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
The contents of the book are based upon the materials collected through extensive and careful research, for the preparation of a thesis for a higher degree for the Lancaster University. It deals with the conception of Hindu religion, its history and progress along with the gradual rationalization...
Mahabharata
Quiz Book - 1
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Religious texts play an important role in benefiting society as well as in upholding the values in it. The Vedas, the Ramayana, the Gita, the Puraanas and the Mahabharata are some of Hindu's ancient religious texts that have been guiding the society for ages towards the development of a better society.
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by Mahesh Dutt Sharma
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
A God-fearing person on his own desists himself from doing wrong, as he is aware of the omnipresence of the Lord. Hindu religious texts make one aware of one’s duties and of the principles of Dharma or righteous behaviour. The term ‘God-fearing’ does not mean that one is a coward. In fact, it...
Bede Griffiths
An Introduction to His Spiritual Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
One of today's foremost mystics introduces readers to the thought of one of the most important spiritual teachers of the past century.
Bede Griffiths—English Benedictine monk and lifelong friend of C.S. Lewis, who was his tutor at Oxford—wrote in 1955 to a friend: "I'm going out to...
Hindu Goddesses
Quiz Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Religious texts play an important role in benefiting society as well as in upholding the values in it. The Vedas, the Ramayana, the Gita, the Puraanas and the Mahabharata are some of Hindu’s ancient religious texts that have been guiding the society for ages towards the development of a better society.
A...
Pathways to Joy
The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
At the 1893 Parliament of Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda transformed Western thinking. He showed that, far from being an exotic novelty, Hinduism is an important, legitimate spiritual tradition with valuable lessons for the West. Pathways to Joy is a selection of 108 of his sacred teachings...
The Principal Upanishads
The Essential Philosophical Foundation of Hinduism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This is a beautiful translation of the sacred writings of Hinduism, which predate recorded history, and is perhaps the greatest of all the books in the history of world religions.