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Stockholm 1979. Reader's Digest AB (Det Bästa). 448 s. med talrika illustrationer i färg och sv/v. Liten 4:o. Förlagets vinröda skinnimitationsband med skyddsomslag (blekgul rygg med rödbrun text). Gott skick.

With its complex nature and many forms and offshoots, Hinduism is one of the world's most elusive religions. In Essential Hinduism, the religion's teachings, beliefs, practices, and history are reviewed by an expert hoping to rectify that. This straightfo 2nd Reprint ed. xxii+268p.

This important book explores the emergence and subsequent refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The author demonstrates how the missionaries’ construction 1st ed. 376p.

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Hinduism is based on the Veda. The concept of Gods is stated in the Veda as the one divine who takes many forms. The Puranas state that the Gods are subordinate to the one and are there to carry out the functions of creating, preserving and destroying the 1st ed. 288p.

In this remarkable book, Dr. Israel Selvanayagam, contends that the Bhagavadgita is the key for attaining an overview of “Hinduism”. The research for this thesis was based on his doctoral study of the Gita. He identifies four major strands in Hinduism as x+150p., 22cm.

In this book is about Hinduism the oldest and the most dynamic religion in the world is introduced to the layman in simple language with simple illustrations. Hindu religion is not a religion based on any book or dogma, it is not a creed or faith, it is a 2nd Reprint ed. x+270p., Illustrations, Maps, 23cm.

From the classical to the contemporary, this is a comprehensive, systematic and accessible encyclopedia of the phenomenon known as ‘Hinduism’. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the religion and its texts, Klostermaier presents the theoretical and prac 1st ed. ix+243p., Figures; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.

In this clear and accessible introduction to Hinduism, Klaus K. Klostermaier offers a unique overview of a tradition that spans thousands of years. Explaining the origins, beliefs, scriptures and philosophies of this ancient religion, Klostermaier capture 1st ed. xiii+178p., Maps; Plates; Index; 23cm.

Hinduism is usually regarded as an inegalitarian religion. This book examines such a description of Hinduism from the six perspectives of etiological, social, legal, economic, gender and soteriological egalitarianism and suggests that when egalitarianism 1st ed. 176p.