Representing Hinduism the construction of religious traditions and national identity - Dalmia, Vasudha 1947-; Stietencron, Heinrich von editor (New Delhi Sage Publications, 1995)
Introduction - Vasudha Dalmia and Heinrich von Stietencron -- PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- A Radical Reassessment of the Vedic Heritage - The Acaryahrdayam and Its Wider Implications / Friedhelm Hardy -- Religious Configurations in Pre-Muslim India and the Modern Concept of Hinduism / Heinrich von Stietencron -- Shifting Categories in the Discourse on Caste Some Historical Observations/ Gita Dharampal-Frick -- PART TWO: NINETEENTH CENTURY RECONSTRUCTIONS -- History and the Nationalisation of Hinduism / Partha Chatterjee -- The Category 'Hindu' in the Political Discourse of Nepal / Richard Burghart -- From Krishnalila to Ramarajya : A Court Case and its Consequences for the Reformulation of Hinduism / Jurgen Lutt -- Whose Laws? : Notes on a Nineteenth Century Hindu Case of Conjugal Rights / Sudhir Chandra -- 'The Only True Religion of the Hindus' : Vaisnava Self-Representation in the Late Nineteenth Century / Vasudha Dalmia -- Practical Vedanta / Wilhelm Halbfass
Pandita Ramabai : Faith and Reason in the Shadow of the East and West / Ram Bapat -- The Reversal of Orientalism : Bhudev Mukhopadhyay and the Project of Indigenist Social Theory / Sudipta Kaviraj -- PART THREE: IMAGES AND COUNTER-IMAGES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- Hind Swaraj as a Statement of Tradition in the Modern World / Suresh Sharma -- Towards a Universal Dharma : Kalyan and the Tracts of the Gita Press / Monika Horstmann -- The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism / Dieter Conrad -- Composite Culture and Communal Consciousness : the Ittehadul Muslimeen in Hyderabad /Javeed Alam -- Counterconcepts and the Creation of Cultural Identity : Hindus in the Militant Sikh Discourse / Veena Das -- The Appeal of Hindu History / Gyanendra Pandey -- The Erosion of Folk Religion in Modern India : Some Points for Deliberation / Gunther D Sontheimer -- PART FOUR: THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE FORMATION OF A PAN-INDIAN 'HINDU' TRADITION -- The Representation of Gods and Heroes in the Parsi : Mythological Drama of the Early Twentieth Century / Anuradha Kapur -- Authenticity and Tradition : Reappraising a 'Folk' Form / Roma Chatterji -- The Bhagvadgita in the Mahabharata TV Serial : Domestic Drama and Dharmic Solutions / Angelika Malinar.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Hinduism .; Hinduism and state; Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism