Cultural History of Hinduism

Karen Pechilis is NEH Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of Comparative Religion at Drew University, USA. She is the author of Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India (2011), The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States (2004), and The Embodiment of Bhakti (1999). She is co-editor of South Asian Religions: Tradition and Today (2012), and is on the advisory editorial boards of the International Journal of Hindu Studies, the International Journal of Dharma Studies, and Religion and Gender.

A Cultural History of Hinduism adds up to a very good, even wondrous production that marks our knowledge at this moment and that, because of its discipline, will be very well remembered and appreciated for a generation or more.

• Volume 1: A Cultural History of Hinduism in AntiquityEdited by Jarrod L. Whitaker, Wake Forest University, USAIntroduction: A Cultural History of Hinduism in Antiquity Jarrod Whitaker (Wake Forest University, USA)1. The Invention of Vedic Authority Caley C. Smith, (University of Washington, USA)2. Defining Body and Mind in Ancient India Amy Hyne-Sutherland (Independent Scholar, USA)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms in Ancient India Marko Geslani (University of South Carolina, USA)4. Identity, Difference and Dialogue in Ancient India Signe Cohen (University of Missouri, USA)5. Politics and Power in Ancient India Marianna Ferrara (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)6. Visual Culture in Ancient India Joanna Jurewicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)7. Lineages and Emerging Exemplars and Movements in Ancient India James M. Hegarty (Cardiff University, UK)8. Teaching the Antiquity of Hinduism: Challenges and Directions Madhav M. Deshpande (University of Michigan)BibliographyIndex Volume 2: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Classical AgeEdited by Adheesh Sathaye, The University of British Columbia, CanadaIntroduction: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Classical Age, Adheesh A. Sathaye (The University of British Columbia, Canada)1. Sources of Authority in the Formation of Classical Hinduism, Timothy Lubin (Lee University, USA)2. Defining Body and Mind: Asceticism, Yoga, and Meditation, Karen O’Brien-Kop (SOAS University of London, UK)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms: Epic Perspectives, Aditya Adarkar, (Montclair State University, USA)4. Identity, Difference, and Dialoguein the Philosophical Schools of the Classical Period, Kengo Harimoto (Mahidol University, Thailand)5. Politics and Power: Governance and the Eye of Sastra, Mark McClish (Northwestern University, USA)6. Visual Culture: The Formation of Hindu Iconography, Natasja Bosma7. Lineages and Movements: The Worship of Siva, Vi??u, and the Goddess, Nina Mirnig and Marion Rastelli (University of Vienna, Austria)8. Global Contexts: Travel and the Exchange of Ideas in the Classical Age, Vasudha Narayanan (University of Florida, USA)BibliographyIndexVolume 3: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Post-Classical AgeEdited by Karen Pechilis, Drew University, USAIntroduction: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Post-Classical Age Karen Pechilis (Drew University, USA)1. Sources of Authority, Deven M. Patel (University of Pennsylvania, USA)2. Body and Mind in Medieval Hinduism, Loriliai Biernacki (University of Colorado-Boulder, USA)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms, Bharati Jagannathan (Miranda House, University of Delhi, India), Sushmita Banerjee (Miranda House, University of Delhi, India) and Kanad Sinha (The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata, India)4. Identity, Difference, and Dialogue, Leah Elizabeth Comeau (Saint Joseph’s University, USA)5. Politics and Power Leslie C. Orr (Concordia University, Canada)6 Visual Culture. Mediations of the Dravida and Nagara Temple Amy-Ruth Holt (Independent Scholar, USA)7. Lineages and Emerging Exemplars of Movements Thomas Forsthoefel (Mercyhurst University, USA)8. Global Context: Interactions, Exchanges and Engagements Ranabir Chakravarti (Ret’d, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)BibliographyIndexVolume 4: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Age of EmpiresEdited by Valerie Stoker, Wright State University, USAIntroduction: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Age of Empires Valerie Stoker (Wright State University, USA)1. Sources of Authority, Srilata Raman (University of Toronto, Canada)2. Defining Body and Mind, Harshita Mruthinti Kamath (Emory University, USA)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms, Brian A. Hatcher (Tufts University, USA)4. Identity, Difference, and Dialogue in the Age of Empires: The Age of Sectarianism, Elaine M. Fisher (Stanford University, USA)5. Politics and Power in the Age of Empires, Joel Bordeaux (Leiden University, The Netherlands)6. Hindu Art and Visual Culture in the Age of Empires and Encounter, Crispin Branfoot (SOAS, University of London, UK)7. Lineages, Emerging Exemplars, and Movements: Navigating Empires, Establishing Legacies,Neelima Shukla-Bhatt (Wellesley College, USA)8. Hinduism in Global Context: Imag(in)ing Hinduism, Caleb Simmons (University of Arizona, USA)BibliographyIndexVolume 5: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Age of Late ColonialismEdited by Gwilym Beckerlegge, The Open University, UKIntroduction: The Hindu World in the Age of Late Colonialism, Gwilym Beckerlegge (The Open University, UK)1. Sources of Authority, Dermot Killingley (Newcastle University, UK)2. Defining Body and Mind: Reconfiguring the Hindu Body, David Arnold (University of Warwick, UK)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms: Religious Ideas and Values, Lidia Guzy (University College Cork, Ireland)4. Identity, Difference, and Dialogue, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (University of Konstanz, Germany)5. Politics and Power, Peter Heehs (Independent Scholar, India)6. Visual Cultures in Hinduism Vineeta Sinha (National University of Singapore, Singapore)7. Lineages, Emerging Exemplars, and Movements: Monasticism in the Public Domain in Late Colonial India, Malavika Kasturi (University of Toronto, Canada)8. Hinduism in Global Context: Transnational Gurus, Migrants and Orientalists in the Dissemination of Hindu Beliefs and Practices, Philippe Bornet (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)BibliographyIndex Volume 6: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Age of IndependenceEdited by Amanda Lucia, University of California, Riverside, USA and Maya Warrier, Late of University of Winchester, UKIntroduction: A Cultural History of Hinduism in the Age of Independence Amanda Lucia (University of California, Riverside, USA)1. Sources of Authority: Historical Roots and Contemporary Conflicts, Brian A. Hatcher (Tufts University, USA)2. Defining Body and Mind: Medicine, Modernity and Moral Self-development in Post-colonial Hinduism, Joseph S. Alter (University of Pittsburgh, USA)3. Social Organization and Everyday Norms: Dharma and Hindu Women, Tracy Pintchman (Loyola University, USA)4. Identity, Difference, Dialogue: Hinduism and the Politics of Caste, Maya Warrier (University of Winchester, UK)5. Politics and Power, Pralay Kanungo (Nehru University, India)6. Visual Culture: Darshan in the Modern World, Karline McLain (Bucknell University, USA)7. Lineages, Emerging Exemplars, and Movements, Amanda Lucia (University of California, Riverside, USA)8 Hinduism in Global Context: Negotiating Identity in the Diaspora, Priya Swamy (Stichting Nationaal Museum vanWereldculturen, The Netherlands)BibliographyIndex