Vernacular Hinduisms: Texts, Traditions, and Transformation

0537282 - OÚ 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Madaio, James - Bradbury, J. S.
Vernacular Hinduisms: Texts, Traditions, and Transformation.
Journal of Hindu Studies. Roč. 13, č. 2 (2020), s. 91-100. ISSN 1756-4255. E-ISSN 1756-4263
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : Mughal * Bhakti * Sanskrit
OECD category: Religious studies
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://academic.oup.com/jhs/article/13/2/91/5964119

The vernacular turn in religious studies over the past decade has reinvigorated the study of Hinduism with rich ethnographies of contemporary religious practice. This special issue extends this work by presenting four ethnographic case studies that, taken together, suggest some features of a methodological orientation towards vernacular Hinduisms. The notion of vernacular religion was initially developed to describe religious practices in everyday contexts in a way that does not construe such practices as deviations or dilutions of ʺofficialʺ religious forms. The term vernacular thus disrupted prevailing academic language that subordinated everyday norms, practices, and ideas about Christianity to official church doctrine (Orsi 1985, Primiano 1995...
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