Table of Contents

1: The Scholar and the Devotee
2: Revelation and the Transmission of Knowledge
3: Understanding the Self
4: Divine Heroes: The Epic Tradition
5: The Divine Presence
6: Hinduism, Colonialism, and Modernity
7: Challenges to Hinduism: Women and Dalits
8: Crossing the Black Waters: Hinduism Beyond India
9: Hindui Dharma, Hinduism, and Hinduisms
The Six Philosophical Systems (Darshana)
Timeline
Glossary
Further Reading
References
Index

About the Author

Kim Knott is Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds and President of the British Association for the Study of Religions. She has written on modern Hinduism, religions in Britain, and gender and religion.

Reviews

`very readable and certainly most helpful, with a new and original perspective conveyed in a succinct introductory style.'
Ursula King, University of Bristol