Prema Kurien

A Place at the Multicultural Table

The Development of an American Hinduism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows how various Hindu American organizations are attempting to answer the puzzling questions of identity outside their homeland. Drawing on the experiences of both immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, this work demonstrates how religious ideas and practices are being imported, exported, and reshaped in the process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780813540566
• ISBN-10: 0813540569
• Artikelnr.: 21771824

Autorenporträt

Kurien, Prema

Inhaltsangabe

The transformation of Hinduism in the United States
Hinduism in India
Transplanting Hinduism in the United States
We are better Hindus here : Local associations
The abode of God: temples
Forging an official Hinduism in India: Hindu umbrella organizations
Forging an official Hinduism in the United States: Hindu American umbrella
organizations
Re-visioning Indian history: Internet Hinduism
Challenging American pluralism: Hindu Americans in the public sphere
Being young, brown, and Hindu: student organizations
The development of an American Hinduism