Julius Lipner is Professor in Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion at the University of Cambridge. He was born and brought up in India where he experienced and learned about Hinduism at first hand. Among his books are The Face of Truth (on Ramanuja), Hindu Ethics: Purity, Abortion and Euthanasia; and Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: the Life and Thought of a Revolutionary. He is the author of the keynote article in The Hindu World (Routledge 2004), 'On Hinduism and Hinduisms'.
Preface to the Second Edition 1. About 'Hindu', Hinduism and this Book
Part 1: Guiding Voices 2. The Voice of Scripture as Veda (I): Performing
the Word 3. The Voice of Scripture as Veda (II): Discerning the Word 4. The
Voice of Scripture as Veda and 'Veda' 5. The Voice of Tradition: Smrti and
its Divisions (I) 6. The Voice of Tradition: Smrti and its Divisions (II)
7. The Voice of Tradition: Caste and its Realities. 8. The Voice of
Tradition: Itihasa and Sacred Narrative 9. The Voice of Tradition: Folklore
and the Intellectual Heritage 10. The Voice of Experience Part 2: Reason
and Morality 11. A Story with a Tale 12. Morality and the Person: the
Belief in Karma and Rebirth Part 3: Images of Time, Space, and Eternity
13. Reckoning Time and 'Progress' 14. The Sacred and its Forms 15. Ways,
Means, and Ends Concluding Postscript. Select Glossary. Bibliography. Index
