Hinduism For Our Times

by Arvind Sharma

No religion ever remains it affects and is in turn affected by material reality. In this book, Sharma examines the contours of this creative tension in contemporary Hinduism. Sharma attempts to raise self-awareness of this dimension of Hinduism to an unprecedented level. In this way,
he hopes, that in the context of modernization and globalization, Hindus will be able to make conscious choices that will keep their religion at the cutting edge of the contemporary world instead of the periphery.

116 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1996

About the author

Arvind Sharma, Ph.D. (Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University, 1978; M.A. Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity Schookl, 1974; M.A. Economics, Syracuse University, 1970; B.A. History, Economics, & Sanskrit, Allahadad University, 1958), was appointed Associate Professor in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1987, where he is now the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion. Previously he has been associated with the Universities of Sydney and Queensland (Brisbane) in Australia and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Angrboda Lyndasdottir · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed Sharma's re-imagining of the main tenets of Hinduism and found many parts of his argument very enlightening, as the contrast between 'traditional Hinduism' and 'Hinduism for our times' illuminated several concepts I'd previously not understood. However I must admit that it was a bit of a struggle for someone just wading into the subject!