Table of Contents

The transformation of Hinduism in the United States
Hinduism in India
Transplanting Hinduism in the United States
We are better Hindus here : Local associations
The abode of God: temples
Forging an official Hinduism in India: Hindu umbrella organizations
Forging an official Hinduism in the United States: Hindu American umbrella organizations
Re-visioning Indian history: Internet Hinduism
Challenging American pluralism: Hindu Americans in the public sphere
Being young, brown, and Hindu: student organizations
The development of an American Hinduism

About the Author

Prema Kurien is an associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University. She is the author of Kaleidoscopic Ethnicity: International Migration and the Reconstruction of Community Identities in India, which was co-winner of the American Sociological Association's 2003 Asia/Asian America book award.

Reviews

"This book is an impressive work of scholarship in its breadth and depth of information on the Hindu American experience."
*author of Becoming Asian American*

"This book is an impressive work of scholarship in its breadth and depth of information on the Hindu American experience."
*author of Becoming Asian American*