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

". .. [A] infrequent and noteworthy perception into an Indian woman's tackle American tradition within the nineteenth century, refracted via her personal stories with British colonialism, Indian nationalism, and Christian tradition on at the least 3 continents. .. . a wonderful source for undergraduate instructing. " —Antoinette Burton within the Eighteen 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 amazing case examine for spiritual politics. whereas now not being a theocratic nation, it isn't secular both, with the Indonesian kingdom formally defining what constitutes faith, and each citizen desiring to be affiliated to 1 of them. This publication makes a speciality of Java and Bali, and the attention-grabbing comparability of 2 neighbouring societies formed by way of assorted 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 faculties of dance and drama, and keeps to permeate well known 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 old knowledge textual content, Eknath Easwaran indicates how the undying Indian culture deals tips on tips to stay at the present time. Lyrical, dramatic, and encouraging, the Katha Upanishad provides the middle rules of Indian mysticism in a mythic tale all can relate to — the journey of a tender hero, Nachiketa, who passes into the dominion of demise looking for immortality.