Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter: The Peoples of the United States (1889)

". .. [A] infrequent and memorable perception into an Indian woman's tackle American tradition within the nineteenth century, refracted via her personal reports with British colonialism, Indian nationalism, and Christian tradition on a minimum of 3 continents. .. . a wonderful source for undergraduate instructing. " —Antoinette Burton within the Eighties, Pandita Ramabai traveled from India to England after which to the U.

The Politics of Religion in Indonesia: Syncretism, Orthodoxy, and Religious Contention in Java and Bali (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)

Indonesia is a extraordinary case examine for spiritual politics. whereas now not being a theocratic nation, it isn't secular both, with the Indonesian country formally defining what constitutes faith, and each citizen desiring to be affiliated to at least one of them. This publication makes a speciality of Java and Bali, and the attention-grabbing comparability of 2 neighbouring societies formed through various religions - Islam and Hinduism.

The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition (NONE)

A colourful instance of residing literature, The Bhagavata Purana is a flexible Hindu sacred textual content containing greater than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. discovering its current shape round the 10th century C. E. , the paintings encouraged numerous significant north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions in addition to colleges of dance and drama, and maintains to permeate renowned Hindu artwork and formality in either India and the diaspora.

Essence of the Upanishads: A Key to Indian Spirituality (Wisdom of India)

Via his interpretation of 1 vital Upanishad, an historical knowledge textual content, Eknath Easwaran exhibits how the undying Indian culture bargains suggestions on the way to reside this present day. Lyrical, dramatic, and encouraging, the Katha Upanishad provides the middle principles of Indian mysticism in a mythic tale all can relate to — the journey of a tender hero, Nachiketa, who passes into the dominion of loss of life looking for immortality.