11. Where Does the Name "Hinduism" Come From?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Will Sweetman [+ ]
University of Otago
Will Sweetman is Professor of Asian Religions at the University of Otago in New Zealand. His research focusses on interactions between religions in India in the early modern period. He is author of Mapping Hinduism: ‘Hinduism’ and the Study of Indian Religions, 1600–1776 (Harrassowitz, 2003); and co-author (with R. Ilakkuvan) of Bibliotheca Malabarica: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg’s Tamil Library (Institut Francais De Pondichery, 2012). He is working on a book provisionally entitled “Genealogies of Hinduism.”
Description
Hinduism is a fairly recent term for a tradition has much older historical roots. This chapter examines how the name came into use and the debate over its use.