Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
20. How has Hinduism Changed with India’s Modernization?
Hinduism in Five Minutes - Steven W Ramey
Richard S. Weiss [+]
Victoria University of Wellington
Richard S. Weiss is Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research focusses on modern Hinduism in Tamil South India. He is the author of two books: Recipes for Immortality: Medicine, Religion and Community in South India (Oxford, 2009) and The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism (California, 2019).
Description
This chapter examines how new technologies, namely print, film, television, and the internet, and new ideas of social and gender equality, have enabled the transformation of prior Hindu practices and narratives.