The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience.

• Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism
  
• Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics
  
• Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies
  
• Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in analyzing Hinduism
  
• Ideal for use on university courses.

Author: Gavin Flood
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 06/10/2005
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.43lbs
Size: 9.60h x 8.38w x 1.76d
ISBN: 9781405132510

About the Author
Gavin Flood is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are Beyond Phenomonology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (1999), An Introduction to Hinduism (1996), and Body and Cosmology in Kashmir OEaivism (1993).