Julius Lipner: 3 books
Hindus
Their Religious Beliefs and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
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 politically,...
by Julius J Lipner
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2009
This is the second in a trilogy of works by the famed Bengali novelist Bankimcandra Chatterji (1838-1894), and the second to be translated by Julius Lipner. The first, Anandamath, or The Sacred Brotherhood was published by OUP in 2005. Bankim Chatterji was perhaps the foremost novelist and intellectual...
Hindu Images and their Worship with special reference to Vaisnavism
A philosophical-theological inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Hinduism comprises perhaps the major cluster of religio-cultural traditions of India, and it can play a valuable role in helping us understand the nature of religion and human responses to life. Hindu image-worship lies at the core of what counts for Hinduism – up-front and subject to much curiosity...