The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism

Richard S. Weiss

Open Access Published by University of California Press 2019

The Emergence of Modern Hinduism

Religion on the Margins of Colonialism

Richard S. Weiss

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520973749

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The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, producing accounts that overemphasize the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. In this study, the author considers religious change on the margins of colonialism by looking at an important local figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823–1874). Weiss narrates a history of Hindu modernization that demonstrates the transformative role of Hindu ideas, models, and institutions, making this text essential for scholarly audiences of South Asian history, religious studies, Hindu studies, and South Asian studies.

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Weiss Richard S. :

Richard Weiss is Associate Professor of South Asian Religions at the Victoria University of Wellington. He is author of Recipes for Immortality: Medicine, Religion, and Community in South India.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Note on Diacritics and Italics Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction: Rethinking Religious Change in Nineteenth-Century South Asia Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Giving to the Poor: Ramalinga’s Transformation of Hindu Charity Open Access Download PDF	27
3. The Publication of Tiruvaruṭpā: The Authority of Canon and Print Open Access Download PDF	52
4. Ramalinga’s Devotional Poems: Creating a Hagiography Open Access Download PDF	73
5. The Polemics of Conflicting Modernities Open Access Download PDF	97
6. The Modernity of Yoga Powers in Colonial India Open Access Download PDF	122
7. Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	148
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	155
Notes Open Access Download PDF	159
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	185
Index Open Access Download PDF	199

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
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- Main content: 222

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Published: August 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780520973749