Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
Kim Knott
Aug 2021 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Sunny Patel
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Hinduism is practiced by nearly eighty percent of India's population, and by some seventy million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott offers a succinct and authoritative overview of this major religion, and analyzes the challenges facing it in the twenty-first century. She discusses key preoccupations of Hinduism such as the centrality of the Veda as religious texts, the role of Brahmins, gurus, and storytellers in the transmission of divine truths, and the cultural and moral importance of epics such as the Ramayana. In this second edition Knott considers the impact of changes in technology and the flourishing of social media on Hinduism, and looks at the presence of Hinduism in popular culture, considering pieces such as Sita Sings the Blues. She also analyzes recent developments in India, and the impact issues such as Hindu nationalism and the politicization of Hinduism have on Hindus worldwide.
About the author
Kim Knott is professor of religious and secular studies. She has authored and edited a number of books, including Media Portrayals of Religion and the Secular Sacred with Elizabeth Poole and Teemu Taira, Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities with Sean McLoughlin, and The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis.
Sunny Patel, an actor on stage and screen, has been narrating audiobooks since 2017. A London native, he has traveled all over the world and has worked as a teacher, a journalist, and an activist for human rights NGOs in Cape Town.
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