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Developed form a series of seminars associated with a research network investigating "the public representation of a religion called Hinduism" in different contexts in India, the UK, and the US, this volume contains 32 papers exploring the topic in thematically ordered sections, each of which includes discussions focused both on India and the diaspora and most of which also include consideration of Hindu nationalism alongside Hindu public contexts and ideas that are manifestly not part of the Hindu nationalist project. The thematic sections address the role of the scholar and practitioner in representing Hinduism, corporate forms of Hinduism that have become prominent in the diaspora but have also had an impact on India, developments in particular traditions of Hinduism, issues of Hindu community mobilization, and mediations of Hinduism in differing contexts. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
