List of plates --
Preface --
Section A: Researching public Hinduisms / edited by John Zavos --
Public Hinduisms : an introduction / John Zavos --
Will the real mango please stand up? : reflections on defending Dharma and historicising Hinduism / Shana Sippy --
Engaging the "practitioner" : boundary politics in the academic study of Hinduism / Maya Warrier --
Snapshot : scholars and practitioners, a personal reflection / Raymond Brady Williams --
Section B: Ecumenical constructions / edited by Raymond Brady Williams --
Ecumenical constructions : an introduction / Raymond Brady Williams --
Hindu organisation and the negotiation of public space in contemporary Britain / John Zavos --
What is American about American Hinduism? : Hindu umbrella organisations in the United States in comparative perspective / Prema Kurien --
Snapshot : devotional fandom : the Madhuri Dixit temple of Pappu Sardar / Shalini Kakar --
Fusing the ideals of the math with the ideology of the Sangh : Vivekananda Kendra, ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu nationalism / Pralay Kanungo --
Sathya Sai Baba : at home abroad in midwestern America / Chad Bauman --
Snapshot : "practising Hindus", Hindutva and multiculturalism / Balmurli Natrajan --
Traditions and transformations / edited by Maya Warrier --
Traditions and transformations : an introduction / Maya Warrier --
Representations of Swaminarayan Hinduism / Raymond Brady Williams --
Praying for peace and amity : the Shri Shirdi Sai Heritage Foundation Trust / Karline McLain --
Who are the Madhvas? : a controversy over the public representation of the Madhva Sampradya / Kiyokazu Okita --
Snapshot : the California textbook controversy / Deepa S. Reddy --
The power of boundaries : transnational links among Krishna Pranamis of India and Nepal / Gørard Toffin --
Snapshot : rethinking social movements/rethinking Hindu nationalism / Amrita Basu --
Community mobilisation / edited by Pralay Kanungo --
Community mobilisation : an introduction / Pralay Kanungo --
Hindutva's Hinduism / Tanika Sarkar --
From Jauhar to Jijabai : Samiti and Sena women in Mumbai, and the reconfiguring of "history" / Namrata Ganneri and Atreyee Sen --
Snapshot : work-in-progress : the Baps Swaminarayan Sanstha on the web / Hanna Kim --
Hindu transnationalisms : organisations, ideologies, networks / Deepa S. Reddy --
American Hindu activism and the politics of anxiety / Arun Chaudhuri --
"Does this offend you?" : Hindu visuality in the United States / Ritu Khanduri --
Section E: Mediating Hinduisms / edited by Deepa S. Reddy --
Mediating Hinduisms : an introduction / Deepa S. Reddy --
Modern guru and old Sampradaya : how a Nath yogi anniversary festival became a performance on Hinduism / Veronique Bouillier --
Snapshot : the Sangh Parivar and Bhutanese refugees : constructing a Hindu diaspora in the United States / Sanjeev Kumar --
Media savvy or media averse? : the Ramakrishna math and mission's use of the media in representing itself and a religion called Hinduism / Gwilym Beckerlegge --
The Baps Swaminarayan temple organisation and its publics / Hanna Kim --
The perfect world of baps : media and urban dramaturgies in a globalised context / Christiane Brosius --
Krishna consciousness, Hinduism, and religious education in Britain / Maya Warrier --
About the editors and contributors --
Index.