Indian Religions : Renaissance and Renewal: The Spalding Papers on Indic Studies Book

Preface   Karel Werner     ix
Introduction   Anna S. King     xi
Acknowledgments     xix
Challenging Paradigms
Hinduism-Hindutva-Hindu Dharma   Klaus Klostermaier     3
The Hindu Religion and War   Hans Bakker     28
Is Hinduism an Offshoot of Buddhism?   Knut A. Jacobsen   Ninian Smart     41
The Philosophy of Religion from the Perspective of Indian Religions   Karel Werner     54
Text and Context
Faculties, Breaths and Offices: Some Vedic and Samkhya Notions of the Body and Personality   Dermot Killingley     73
Time and the Sarvastivadins   David Bastow     109
Images of Samkara: Understanding the Other   Jacqueline Suthren Hirst     124
Arthur Avalon Among the Orientalists: Sir John Woodroffe and the Re-imaging of the Tantras   Kathleen Taylor     149
Encounter, Revival and Reform
Shamanic Powers, Village Religion and Esoteric Exchange: How Far is Tantra a Specifically Indian Phenomenon?   Geoffrey Samuel     173
Theravada Revivalism in Nepal: Reflections on the Early Years   David N. Gellner     195
Brahminisation of Dravidian Religions: The Case of the Muttappan Cult of North Malabar   Theodore Gabriel     214
The Curious History of the Dasanami-Samnyasis   Matthew Clark     231
From Totapuri to Maharaji (Prem Rawat)? Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara)   Ron Geaves     265
Renewing the World: Sacred Performance, Sacred Art
The Hindu Imagination and Imaginary Hinduisms   David Smith     291
Kumbha Mela and the Media   Anna S. King     312
Walking in the Mother's Footsteps: Dravidian Virgin Goddesses as Empowering Role Models for Women   Alleyn Diesel     342
The Medieval Saivite World Portrayed on the Prakara Wall of the Mallikarjuna Temple at Srisailam   Richard Shaw     359
Height and Size in Indian Iconograpby   Christopher Aslet     393
Notes on Contributors     403