عنوان

Introducing Hinduism /

شابک

184046626X

شابک

9781840466263

شماره

b768232

عنوان اصلي

Introducing Hinduism /

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Vinay Lal, Borin Van Loon.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Thriplow :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Icon Books UK,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2005.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

171 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

21 cm.

عنوان فروست

Introducing

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.

متن يادداشت

"Hinduism is said to be the world's oldest religion. Yet the word 'Hindu' is of foreign 18th-century origin. Hinduism is defined as a polytheistic religion, but Mahatma Gandhi famously declared that one can be a Hindu without believing in any god. Hinduism appears to accommodate endless contradictions. It is a religion at least as much of myth as of history - it has no historical founder, no single authoritative book, and few central doctrines." "Introducing Hinduism offers a guide to this extraordinarily diverse faith. It untangles the complexities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses, its caste system and its views on sex, everyday life and asceticism. Why do Hindus revere the cow? Must Hindus be vegetarian? Introducing Hinduism explores the links with and differences from Buddhism, Jainism and other religions, and describes the resurgence of Hindu extremism, the phenomenon of Bollywood and the overseas Hindu diaspora."--Jacket.

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Hinduism

موضوع مستند نشده

Hinduism, Popular works.

موضوع مستند نشده

Hinduism.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Lal, Vinay

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Van Loon, Borin.

تاريخ عمليات

20201206134357.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y