Hinduism In Public And Private: Reform, Hindutva, Gender, And Sampraday (oxford India Paperbacks)

This volume looks at the phenomenon of religious reform movements in terms of the larger paradigm of modernization, and in collusion with the ideas of nationalism and Hindutva and attempts to investigate why there might be a need for a new kind of social integration within the Hindu community in India. Contributed Articles. Introduction : Debating Indian Nationalism And Hindu Religious Belief / Antony Copley -- Saffron And Seva : The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Appropriation Of Swami Vivekananda / Gwilym Beckerlegge -- 'the Centre Of The Religious Life Of The World' : Spiritual Universalism And Cultural Nationalism In The Work Of Sri Aurobindo / Peter Heehs -- Secularizing The Sacred Cow : The Relationship Between Religious Reform And Hindu Nationalism / Therese O'toole -- Inventing A National Past : The Case Of Ramdev's Bhāratvarṣ Kā Itihās (1910-14) / Harald Fischer-tiné -- The Hindu Woman's Right To Saṁnyāsa' : Religious Movements And The Gender Question : The Sri Sarada Math And The Ramakrishna Sarada Mission / Hiltrud Rüstau -- Re-membering The Tradition : Bhaktivindoa Thākura's Sajjanaṭosanī And The Construction Of A Middle-class Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya In Nineteenth-century Bengal / Jason D. Fuller -- Mahima Dharma Ascetics : A Case Study On Popular Asceticism And Its Patronage Structure In Rural Orissa / Lidia Julianna Guzy -- Bhima Bhoi : The Making Of A Modern Saint / Johannes Beltz -- The Seva Ethic And The Spirit Of Institution Building In The Mata Amritanandamayi Mission / Maya Warrier. Edited By Antony Copley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume looks at the phenomenon of religious reform movements in terms of the larger paradigm of modernisation, and in collusion with the ideas of nationalism and Hindutva and attempts to investigate why there might be a need for a new kind of social integration within the Hindu community in India. This work looks at the phenomenon of religious reform movements in terms of the larger paradigm of modernisation, and in collusion with the ideas of nationalism and Hindutva and investigates why there might be a need for a new kind of social integration within the Hindu community in India.