A Place at the Multicultural Table: The Development of an American Hinduism

This is a book about Hinduism and the forms—sometimes unique, sometimes heavily influenced by Indian norms—it takes in the United States. It is not a book about Hinduism's place in the American religious context. This is not surprising given Kurien's previous work on the Hindu immigrant ex...

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Published in:Sociology of religion
Main Author: Hutchison-Jones, Cristine (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2009
In: Sociology of religion
Review of:A place at the multicultural table (New Brunswick, N.J. [u.a.] : Rutgers Univ. Press, 2007) (Hutchison-Jones, Cristine)
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Summary:This is a book about Hinduism and the forms—sometimes unique, sometimes heavily influenced by Indian norms—it takes in the United States. It is not a book about Hinduism's place in the American religious context. This is not surprising given Kurien's previous work on the Hindu immigrant experience in other parts of the world, where she pays close attention to immigrant communities' relationships with India and to the mutual influence of immigrant and home communities on one another., Key to Kurien's exploration of Hinduism's growth and change in America is the relationship between religion and politics, particularly the Hindu nationalist movement in India.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp044