New Books in Indian Religions

00:41:46

Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination with N.S....

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/10/01

Engages with the life and ideas of the twelfth-century Shaiva mystic and philosopher-poet Allama Prabhu.In his last, profoundly innovative work Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination, D. R. Nagaraj (1954-1998) engages with the twelfth-century Shaiva mystic and philosopher-poet Allama Prabhu, whose enigmatic writings have perplexed many and thus resisted analysis. Nagaraj situates Allama in three intellectual contexts: the medieval philosophical world built around the worship of Shiva; the

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00:42:41

Karline McLain, "Living with Gandhi: Experiments in...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/09/24

Mahatma Gandhi was an anticolonial activist, lawyer, and politician. Less famously, but no less importantly, he was also a back-to-the-land farmer, a founder of communes, and a seeker of utopia. Living with Gandhi: Experiments in Utopia tells the story of everyday life at four of Gandhi's communities in India and South Africa. It explores who lived at each community alongside Gandhi, the experiments they undertook in the shared pursuit of universal wellbeing, and the connections that were forged

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00:43:18

James D. Ryan, "The Upanisads as They Are:...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/09/17

These Upanisads (c. 800-300 BCE) are almost always read from the point of view of the later Vedantins, but they do not share in the neatly tailored characteristics of the mature Vedantic philosophies, representing, instead, divergent, variegated and even conflicting narratives. In The Upanisads as They Are(Bloomsbury, 2026)the author focuses on the earliest of these Upanisads: Brhadaranyaka, Chandogya, Aitareya, Taittiriya, Kausitaki. These Upanisads are read “as they are,” emphasizing aspects of

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00:35:11

Sanjay Joshi, "Brahmins of the Himalaya: Upper-Caste...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/09/10

Uses the everyday histories of Brahmin clans, communities, and families in a prominent small town in the Indian Himalaya to challenge the assumption that only grand metanarratives such as colonialism and nationalism matter. This everyday history of clans, communities, and elite families in Almora, a prominent town in the Indian Himalaya, puts questions of belonging at the heart of an expansive examination of elite Hinduism. Studying a mountainous region sometimes considered marginal within Indian

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Sanjay Joshi, "Brahmins of the Himalaya: Upper-Caste...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/09/10

Uses the everyday histories of Brahmin clans, communities, and families in a prominent small town in the Indian Himalaya to challenge the assumption that only grand metanarratives such as colonialism and nationalism matter. This everyday history of clans, communities, and elite families in Almora, a prominent town in the Indian Himalaya, puts questions of belonging at the heart of an expansive examination of elite Hinduism. Studying a mountainous region sometimes considered marginal within Indian

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Tatjana Kochetkova and Anway Mukhopadhyay eds.,...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/09/03

Amid global dialogue on the nature of human enhancement, this book traces humanity's pursuit of self-transcendence and enhancement from ancient times to the present, as reflected in diverse traditions across the globe.Transhumanism and Divine Humanity in Global Traditions(Routledge, 2026)examines how the term "transhuman" can move beyond its scientific and technological origins by linking it to ideas, symbols, and practices of transcending human limits found in Asian and global religions and

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Theo Wildcroft and Beverley Nolan, "Leading Safe and...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/08/27

InLeading Safe and Simple Yoga Nidras: A Yoga Teacher's Guide(Singing Dragon, 2026), experienced yoga teachers Theo Wildcroft and Beverley Nolan provide a comprehensive guide to teaching yoga nidras. While there are many resources available teaching you how to deliver another teacher's yoga nidras, few are designed to take you step by step through the process of learning to create and deliver your own.Focusing on accessibility and simplicity, and with the participant's safety at the centre of their

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New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/08/20

Deciphering the Hidden Meaning: Language and the Highest Good in Early Advaita Vedānta(Oxford UP, 2026)presents a transformative history of one of the most significant ideas in Indian philosophy: liberation. Taking the great philosopher Śaṅkara as the focal point, Aleksandar Uskokov analyzes the relationship between liberation, language, and scripture. While modern portraits of Śaṅkara often cast him as a mystic or a religious reformer, the book paints a more complex portrait of the historical

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Utathya Chattopadhyaya, "Ganja Matters: Empire and...

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2026/08/19

Ganjais the popular name in Hindustani, Bengali, and other South Asian languages for intoxicating substances produced from the plant species Cannabis sativa L. Starting in the eighteenth century, British India's colonial administrators sought ways to systematically tax and govern how ganja circulated from the farms of peasant families in rural Bengal to pipes, plates, and cups elsewhere in the subcontinent. Ganja Matters: Empire and the Pursuits of Cannabis in British India (University of

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James Lochtefeld, "God’s Own Land: Sacred Landscape,...

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2026/08/13

God’s Own Land: Sacred Landscape, Pilgrim Economy and Religious Change in the Ganga Himalaya(Lever Press, 2026)follows the tectonic shift from traditional religious pilgrimage in the early twentieth-century to contemporary pilgrim tourism, in which ever-burgeoning visitor numbers have brought both benefits and challenges to the Garhwal region of India—the source of Hindu India’s sacred river, the Ganges. Despite Hinduism’s regional and sectarian variation, India’s Garhwal Himalaya region is one the

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Edward T. G. Anderson, "Hindu Nationalism in the...

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2026/08/08

Hindu nationalism is transforming India as an increasingly dominant ideology and political force. But it is also a global phenomenon, with sections of India’s vast and influential diaspora drawn to, or actively supporting, right-wing Hindu nationalism. Indians overseas can be seen as an important, even inextricable, aspect of the movement. This is not a new dynamic—diasporic Hindutva has grown over many decades. Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora: Transnational Politics and British

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Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz and Alaka Atreya Chudal...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/08/06

TheSwasthani Vrata Kathais the most widely read, recited, and listened to Hindu devotional text, especially of local indigenous origin, among Hindu laity in Nepal. Dedicated to and itself the physical embodiment of a local goddess named Swasthani, Nepali Hindus recite theSwasthanievery year from cover to cover over the winter month of Magh (January–February). It is a collection of widely circulating Hindu myths about gods, demons, and divine dalliances that forefront Shiva, Sati, and Parvati but it

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James L. Fitzgerald, "The Mahabharata, Volume 8" (U...

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2026/07/30

The Mahabharata, Volume 8(U Chicago Press, 2026) is atranslation of the twelfth book of The Mahābhārata,an epic tale of history and kingship, reinforced with legends, romances, and metaphysical, theological, and ethical teachings written in Sanskrit 1700 or more years ago. The Book of Peace is focused particularly on the ways people can escape the cycle of rebirth and realize sublime beatitude by way of saving knowledge or yoga meditation or devotion to God Viṣṇu-Nārāyaṇa. Supported by an extensive

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Dominik A. Haas, "South Asia Before Religion:...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/07/23

South Asia Before Religion: Reflections on an Anachronistic Concept(Knowledge Commons Works, 2026)critically examines the applicability of the concept of religion to premodern South Asian culture. I argue that premodern South Asia did not possess a concept equivalent to religion as understood today – neither as a distinct system of religious teachings and practices, nor as a fundamental cultural category separate from non-religious domains such as the secular, philosophy, or science. Using Āyurveda

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Ute Hüsken and Suganya Anandakichenin eds., "Pathika:...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/07/16

A conversation featuring the editors of the newHeidelberg Asian Studies Publishing seriesPathika - Studies of South Asian Texts and Traditions(HAS, 2026)Pathika– Sanskrit for "traveler" or "one who follows a path" – is a new series dedicated to the textual traditions of South Asia, engaging with the rich landscape of South Asian literary and religious traditions. The series encompasses critical editions, annotated translations, and in-depth studies of texts spanning the full breadth of South

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Pratap Kumar Penumala and Arvind Sharma, "The...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/07/09

With the plurality of Hinduism in mind, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Hindu Ethics focuses on the human, sociological and situational ethical framework underpinning Hindu ethics. Chapters go beyond the traditional classical sources-such as the Vedas, epics, mythological narratives and Dharmasastra texts-to include lesser known vernacular based moral texts, as well as contemporary sources from organizations, intellectuals and movements of religious, social and political nature.Going beyond only

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Gajendran Ayyathurai, "Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/07/04

Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India: Deep Resistance Against Caste (Oxford University Press, 2026) explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, focusing on its emergence as a response to caste-based oppression during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Central to this movement was Pandit Iyothee Thass (1845–1914), a pioneering intellectual who reinterpreted India’s Buddhist past to challenge brahminical dominance. Thass reasoned that it was because many Indians followed

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Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan, "Tamil Śiva Temples,...

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2026/07/02

Tamil Śiva Temples, Āgamas, and Śivabrāhmaṇas/Ādiśaivas addresses the issue of whether members of all castes can become priests in Tamil Śiva temples. The history of the Śivabrāhmaṇas or Ādiśaivas as priests in Tamil Śiva temples is described using the epigraphic corpus as well as other Śaiva texts in Tamil along with information from the Śaiva studies of the likes of Richard Davis, Alexis Sanderson, Dominic Goodall, and Michael Gollner. Find the open access PDF here Learn more about your ad

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Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the...

New Books in Indian Religions ·

2026/07/01

Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture (Cambridge University Press, 2025) examines how Delhi's Sultanate and Mughal architecture, dating from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, became modern monuments and were assimilated and ordered into public consciousness as spaces for tourism, leisure, and intellectual contemplation during the colonial and early postcolonial eras (1828-1963). It examines the resistance that challenges this ordering, rendering

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Christian Environmentalism in a Hindu Majoritarian...

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2026/06/26

Why has the Catholic Church in India become so engaged in environmental initiatives? And what does the wider Indian political context defined by an assertive Hindu nationalism mean for the ability of church actors to pursue environmental agendas? In this episode, we are joined by Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Nihar Gokhale who have examined these questions in the Indian state of Goa, focusing on church activities and outreach in the domain of sustainable agriculture and agroecology. You can read more

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