Hinduism: Past and present/
Michael, A.
- New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2006.
- 429 p.
THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS « 1. Theoretical Foundations Is India Different? The Identificatory Habitus What Is Hinduism? Hinduism and Hindu-ness Religion and Dharma Hindu Religions and Hindu Religiosity Great and Little Hinduism Continuity and Change 2. Historical Foundations Epochs in the History of Religions First Epoch: Prevedic Religions Second Epoch: Vedic Religion Third Epoch: Ascetic Reformism Fourth Epoch: Classical Hinduism Fifth Epoch: Sects of Hinduism Sixth Epoch: Modem Hinduism Religious Literature Vedic Literature The Literature of the Ascetic Reformism The Literature of Classical Hinduism The Literatures of the Hindu Sects Literatures of Modern Hinduism RELIGION AND SOCIETY 3. Stages of Life and Rites of Passage Initiation The Salvational Goal of Initiation The Second Birth Pre-Rites Tonsure Natural Birth, Ritual Birth, New Birth The Sacred Thread Consecration of the Ascetic, Consecration of the Student, Consecration of the Man » Childhood and Socialization The Early Years Parentage and the "Oceanic Feeling" Sacred Fatherhood Wedding and Matrimony The Wedding Thf Daughter as Gift Kinship, Alliance, and Descent The Situation of the Woman Death and Life after Death The Brahmanic Ritual of Dying and Death Ancestor Worship Widow-Burning and Religiously Motivated Suicide The Ban on Killing and Ahimsa Karma and Rebirth Mortality and Immortality 4. The Social System Social Stratification The Caste Society Segmentation Social Contacts Greeting Touching Eating Purity and Impurity Religious and Social Hierarchy Priests and the Supremacy of the Brahmans Religious and Economic Centrali^ Hierarchies of the Gift 5. Religiosity The Idea of God and the Pantheon Equitheism and Homotheism Visnu, Knna, and the Centrality of the Gods Siva in the Great and Litde Traditions Gane^a and the Miracle Wild and Mild Goddesses Elements of Religiosity Prayer Looks Ritual Acts Ritualism The Brahmanic-Sanskritic Morning Ritual Divine Worship {puj^ Sacrifice Devotionalism and Theistic Traditions Bhakti Movements The Grace bf the Gods Spiritualism and Mysticism The Identification Doctrine of the Upanisads The Psycho-Physical Identifications of Samkhya and Yoga Samkara's Doctrine of Nonduality Special Features of Indian Mysticism Heroism and Kingship Akhax^: Religious Centers of Strength Power and Authority of the King King and Ascetic FROM DESCENT TO TRANSCENDENCE 6. Religious Ideas of Space and Time Religious Awareness of Space Spaces and Directions as Sacred Powers Pilgrimage Sites and Their Hierarchy Astrology and the Cosmic Place of Man Religious and Scientific Concepts of Space Religious Awareness of Time Ancient Indian Cosmogonies Creation in Classical Mythology The Doctrine of the Ages of the World Cyclical and Linear Time: The Calendar Unity of Space and Time: Festivals Religious and Scientific Ideas of Time 7. Immortality in Life Asceticism: Life in Transcendence Ascetic Practice and Sects Asceticism and Sacrifice 'The Salvation of Identifications The Socioreligious Function of Norms of Punty Descent and Autonomy The Logic of the Identifications The "Theology" of the Hindu Religions: Identity of God and Man