Being Hindu : Old Faith, New World and You

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Being Hindu : Old Faith, New World and You

Author : Hindol Sengupta

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

256

Pages

9780143425328

ISBN-13

0143425328

ISBN-10

Faber And Faber Penguin India

Publisher

234 mm

Height

153 mm

Width

15 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

1 billion followers 33 million gods and goddesses You One of the worlds oldest forms of faith, Hinduism has an unbroken trajectory of beliefs and rituals that have passed on for many millennia through the footsteps of pilgrims and the pedagogies of theologists through myth, science and politics. But what does all that mean to the modern Hindu today Why do Hindus call thems 1 billion followers 33 million gods and goddesses You One of the worlds oldest forms of faith, Hinduism has an unbroken trajectory of beliefs and rituals that have passed on for many millennia through the footsteps of pilgrims and the pedagogies of theologists through myth, science and politics. But what does all that mean to the modern Hindu today Why do Hindus call themselves so Is it merely because their parents were Hindus In what way does the faith speak to those who profess to follow it What does Hinduism mean to the everyday-practicing or sometimes-accessing ordinary Hindu Away from the raucous debate around religions, this is the journey of a common Hindu—an attempt to understand why, for so many Hindus, their faith is one of the most powerful arguments for plurality, for unity in diversity, and even more than the omnipresent power of God, the sublime courage and conviction of man. Being Hindu is the exploration of Hinduism in a way you have never seen before—almost through your own eyes.