Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. These pra
Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. These pra
Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at Oxford University and a Senior Research Fellow of Campion Hall. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Yap Kim Hao Visiting Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Yale-NUS, Singapore. Before coming to Oxford, he taught at the universities of Stirling and Wales (Lampeter). He has research interests in Hindu tantric traditions, comparative religion, and phenomenology.
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* Acknowledgements * List of Contributors * Introduction to the Series * Introduction: A History of Hindu Practice Gavin Flood * I. TEXTUAL SOURCES * 1. Ritual, Ascetic, and Meditative Practice in the Veda and Upani ads Cezary Galewicz * 2. Historical Context of Early Asceticism Johannes Bronkhorst * 3. Religious Practices in the Sanskrit Epics John Brockington * II. HISTORIES OF PRACTICE * 4. The Early History of Renunciation Patrick Olivelle * 5. The Later Institution of Renunciation Sondra L. Hausner * 6. Measuring Innovation: Genesis and Typology of Early P j Natalia Lidova * 7. Hath? ayoga's Early History: From Vajray na Sexual Restraint to Universal Somatic Soteriology James Mallinson * 8. The Quest for Liberation-in-Life: A Survey of Early Works on Hat a- and R jayoga Jason Birch * 9. Practice in the Tantric Religion of iva Gavin Flood * 10. Vai ava Practice Rembert Lutjeharms * 11. Theatre as Religious Practice Lyne Bansat-Boudon * 12. Sounding Out the Divine: Musical Practice as Theology in Sam j G yan Richard David Williams * 13. Women's Observances: Vratas Tracy Pintchman * III.RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND POLITICS IN MODERN HINDUISM * 14. Gandhi, Hinduism, and Humanity Faisal Devji * 15. Legal Yoga Sunila S. Kale and Christian Lee Novetzke * 16. The Modern Spirit of Yoga: Idioms and Practices Elizabeth De Michelis * 17. Gurus in Contemporary Hindu Practice Daniel Gold * Index
* Acknowledgements * List of Contributors * Introduction to the Series * Introduction: A History of Hindu Practice Gavin Flood * I. TEXTUAL SOURCES * 1. Ritual, Ascetic, and Meditative Practice in the Veda and Upani ads Cezary Galewicz * 2. Historical Context of Early Asceticism Johannes Bronkhorst * 3. Religious Practices in the Sanskrit Epics John Brockington * II. HISTORIES OF PRACTICE * 4. The Early History of Renunciation Patrick Olivelle * 5. The Later Institution of Renunciation Sondra L. Hausner * 6. Measuring Innovation: Genesis and Typology of Early P j Natalia Lidova * 7. Hath? ayoga's Early History: From Vajray na Sexual Restraint to Universal Somatic Soteriology James Mallinson * 8. The Quest for Liberation-in-Life: A Survey of Early Works on Hat a- and R jayoga Jason Birch * 9. Practice in the Tantric Religion of iva Gavin Flood * 10. Vai ava Practice Rembert Lutjeharms * 11. Theatre as Religious Practice Lyne Bansat-Boudon * 12. Sounding Out the Divine: Musical Practice as Theology in Sam j G yan Richard David Williams * 13. Women's Observances: Vratas Tracy Pintchman * III.RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND POLITICS IN MODERN HINDUISM * 14. Gandhi, Hinduism, and Humanity Faisal Devji * 15. Legal Yoga Sunila S. Kale and Christian Lee Novetzke * 16. The Modern Spirit of Yoga: Idioms and Practices Elizabeth De Michelis * 17. Gurus in Contemporary Hindu Practice Daniel Gold * Index
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