Constructions Of Hinduism

Robert E Frykenberg
Constructions of Hinduism

"From another perspective, there is no single or proper sense of the term Hindu…..Thus, what one worshipped or did not worship was one’s own or one’s family’s affair…..The term “Hindu” in this sense is confusing. Even more so is the phrase “Hindu Religion”….Exactly how each separate religious or sectarian community in South Asia came to terms with this official kind of Hinduism and how each reacted to situations of momentous consequence for their future survival are questions having relevance for any consideration of later relationships between a recent, reified, communal Hinduism, which also emerged, and many communities in India."