Hinduism In The Modern World Presents A New And Unprecedented Attempt To Survey The Nature, Range, And Significance Of Modern And Contemporary Hinduism In South Asia And The Global Diaspora. Organized To Reflect The Direction Of Recent Scholarly Research, This Volume Breaks With Earlier Texts On This Subject By Seeking To Overcome A Misleading Dichotomy Between An Elite, Intellectualist Modern Hinduism And The Rest Of What Has So Often Been Misleadingly Termed Traditional Or Popular Hinduism. Without Neglecting The Significance Of Modern Reformist Visions Of Hinduism, This Book Reconceptualizes The Meaning Of Modern Hinduism Both By Expanding Its Content And By Situating Its Expression Within A Larger Framework Of History, Ethnography, And Contemporary Critical Theory. This Volume Equips Undergraduate Readers With The Tools Necessary To Appreciate The Richness And Diversity Of Hinduism As It Has Developed During The Past Two Centuries. -- Publisher's Description Hinduism In South India / Leela Prasad -- Hinduism In North India / Brian Pennington -- Transnational Movements / Hanna Kim -- Debates Within Colonial Hinduism / Amiya P. Sen -- Colonial Devotional Paths / Jason Fuller -- Hinduism And Colonial Law / Donald Davis And Timothy Lubin -- Hinduism In Fiji, Africa And Trinidad / Aantanand Rambachan And Usha Shukla -- Hinduism In Britain / Maya Warrier -- Hinduism In The United States / Prema Kurien -- Modern Monks And Global Hinduism / Tim Dobe -- Modern Yoga And Tantra / Lola Williamson -- Renunciation And Domesticity / Meena Khandelwal -- Modern Vedic Ritual / Frederick M. Smith -- Visual And Media Culture / Karline Mclain -- Public Hinduism And Hindutva / Pralay Kanungo -- Caste And Untouchability / Rupa Viswanath -- Gender And Sexuality / Ruth Vanita -- Ecology And The Environment/ Eliza Kent. Edited By Brian A. Hatcher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.