Contents

List of Plates

Preface

Section A: Researching Public Hinduisms Edited by: John Zavos

1.	Researching Public Hinduisms: An Introduction John Zavos
2.	Will the Real Mango Please Stand Up? Reflections on Defending Dharma and Historicising Hinduism Shana Sippy
3.	Engaging the ‘Practitioner’: Boundary Politics in the Academic Study of Hinduism Maya Warrier
4.	Snapshot: Scholars and Practitioners, A Personal Reflection Raymond Brady Williams
Section B: Ecumenical Constructions Edited by: Raymond Brady Williams
5.	Ecumenical Constructions: An Introduction Raymond Brady Williams
6.	Hindu Organisation and the Negotiation of Public Space in Contemporary Britain John Zavos
7.	What Is American about American Hinduism? Hindu Umbrella Organisations in the United States in Comparative Perspective Prema Kurien
8.	Snapshot: Devotional Fandom: The Madhuri Dixit Temple of Pappu Sardar Shalini Kakar
9.	Fusing the Ideals of the Math with the Ideology of the Sangh? Vivekananda Kendra, Ecumenical Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism Pralay Kanungo
10.	Sathya Sai Baba: At Home Abroad in Midwestern America Chad Bauman
11.	Snapshot: ‘Practising Hindus’, Hindutva and Multiculturalism Balmurli Natrajan
Section C: Traditions and Transformations Edited by: Maya Warrier
12.	Traditions and Transformations: An Introduction Maya Warrier
13.	Representations of Swaminarayan Hinduism Raymond Brady Williams
14.	Praying for Peace and Amity: The Shri Shirdi Sai Heritage Foundation Trust Karline McLain
15.	Who Are the Mādhvas? A Controversy over the Public Representation of the Mādhva Sampradāya Kiyokazu Okita
16.	Snapshot: The California Textbook Controversy Deepa S. Reddy
17.	The Power of Boundaries: Transnational Links among Krishna Pranamis of India and Nepal Gérard Toffin
18.	Snapshot: Rethinking Social Movements/Rethinking Hindu Nationalism Amrita Basu
Section D: Community Mobilisation Edited by: Pralay Kanungo
19.	Community Mobilisation: An Introduction Pralay Kanungo
20.	Hindutva’s Hinduism Tanika Sarkar
21.	From Jauhar to Jijabai: Samiti and Sena Women in Mumbai, and the Reconfiguring of ‘History’ Namrata Ganneri and Atreyee Sen
22.	Snapshot: Work-in-Progress: The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha on the Web Hanna Kim
23.	Hindu Transnationalisms: Organisations, Ideologies, Networks Deepa S. Reddy
24.	American Hindu Activism and the Politics of Anxiety Arun Chaudhuri
25.	‘Does This Offend You?’ Hindu Visuality in the United States Ritu Khanduri
Section E: Mediating Hinduisms Edited by: Deepa S. Reddy
26.	Mediating Hinduisms: An Introduction Deepa S. Reddy
27.	Modern Guru and Old Sampradaya: How a Nath Yogi Anniversary Festival Became a Performance on Hinduism Véronique Bouillier
28.	Snapshot: The Sangh Parivar and Bhutanese Refugees: Constructing a Hindu Diaspora in the United States Sanjeev Kumar
29.	Media Savvy or Media Averse? The Ramakrishna Math and Mission’s Use of the Media in Representing Itself and a Religion Called ‘Hinduism’ Gwilym Beckerlegge
30.	The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple Organisation and Its Publics Hanna Kim
31.	The Perfect World of BAPS: Media and Urban Dramaturgies in a Globalised Context Christiane Brosius
32.	Krishna Consciousness, Hinduism and Religious Education in Britain Maya Warrier

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