Table of Contents

Foreword Gavin Ford List of Contributors Preface and Introduction Part I: Introduction: New Visions of Hinduism Part II: Key Themes: Reading Paths Part III: The History of Hindu Studies Part IV: Current Approaches: Articles on Key Themes  1. Hindu Cosmology, Angelika Malinar Ascetic Traditions, Sondra Hausner Tantric Traditions, Dominic Goodall and Harunaga Isaacson Bhakti Traditions, Karen Prentiss Pechilis Hindu Epics, Simon Brodbeck Yoga and Samkhya, Knut Axel Jacobsen Philosophical Traditions, David Lawrence Hindu Society, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine Hindu Visual Culture, Kenneth Valpey Colonial Hinduism, Brian Hatcher Part V: Regional Perspectives: Local Traditions   Part VI: Research Methods: From Manuscripts to Fieldwork Part VII: Future Directions: Issues and Debates Part VIII: Study Resources: Reading Lists, Sites and Sources  Bibliography Index

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Featuring chapters by an international team of leading scholars in the field, this is a comprehensive reference guide to Hindu Studies.

About the Author

Jessica Frazier is Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK, and is the author of Seeing is Believing: Caravaggio's Incredulity of St Thomas, in Art and Truth (forthcoming, Syracuse University Press).

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The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies is an excellent resource and enhancement to religious studies shelves, and especially recommended for academic and college library collections.
*The Midwest Book Review*

‘...The title of the volume is apt: the volume is best used not as an introduction to Hinduism, but as a guide to the complex field of Hindu studies.'
*Choice Magazine*