Preface
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| Preface |
Steven Ramey |
General Questions
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| 1. Is Hinduism a Religion or Something Else? |
Prea Persaud |
| 2. How Many People Follow Hinduism? |
Steven Ramey |
| 3. What is the Biggest Misconception People Have About Hinduism? |
Maharshi Vyas |
| 4. Do All Hindus Speak Hindi? Is Hindi the Language of Hindus? |
Collin Sibley |
| 5. What are the Primary Ideas in Hinduism? |
Brian Pennington |
| 6. Do Hindus Follow a Particular Philosophy? |
Thomas Ellis |
| 7. What is the Ultimate Purpose or Goal of Hinduism? |
Varun Khanna |
Beginnings
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| 8. What is the Creation Story in Hinduism? |
Gil Ben-Herut |
| 9. Where and When did Hinduism Originate? |
Thomas Ellis |
| 10. Who Founded Hinduism? |
Jimi Wilson |
| 11. Where Does the Name "Hinduism" Come From? |
Will Sweetman |
| 12. Where Did the Different Deities Come From? |
Gil Ben-Herut |
| 13. Where Did the Concept of Caste Begin? |
Gil Ben-Herut |
Development
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| 14. Has Hinduism Changed Since its Creation? |
Steven Ramey |
| 15. Are there Different Denominations Like Christianity? |
Vincent Burgess |
| 16. What are the Regional Differences in Hinduism across India? |
Bhakti Mamtora |
| 17. How does Someone Become a Guru? |
Antoinette DeNapoli |
| 18. Does Violent Extremism Exist in Hinduism? |
Jimi Wilson |
| 19. Did Hinduism Change Drastically Because of the British Occupation of India? |
Varun Khanna |
| 20. How has Hinduism Changed with India’s Modernization? |
Richard Weiss |
| 21. How has the Internet Changed Hinduism Today? |
Prea Persaud |
Texts and Stories
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| 22. How Many "Sacred Texts" does Hinduism have? |
Steven Ramey |
| 23. What are the Vedas? |
Varun Khanna |
| 24. Was Reincarnation Included in the Texts that Hindus Follow? |
Gil Ben-Herut |
| 25. What are the Most Important Stories in Hinduism? |
Jennifer Saunders |
| 26. Some Guy Dressed in an Orange Robe Gave Me a Copy of the Bhagavad Gita. Was he Hindu? |
Susan Prill |
| 27. What is the Bhagavad Gita? |
Vincent Burgess |
| 28. Can Things be Added to Hindu Texts? |
Bhakti Mamtora |
| 29. How do Hindus Learn the Stories of Hinduism? |
Katherine Zubko |
Gods and Goddesses
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| 30. How Many Gods are in Hinduism? |
Vasudha Narayanan |
| 31. Which Deities are Most Popular? |
Vasudha Narayanan |
| 32. What does Each God Represent? |
Thomas Ellis |
| 33. Why do the Images of Some Gods or Goddesses have Unusual Features, Like an Elephant Head or a Monkey’s Tail? |
Susan Prill |
| 34. Is the Hindu Goddess a Feminist? |
Antoinette DeNapoli |
| 35. Are All of the Gods Equal in Ranking, or Do They Have Different Levels of Importance? |
Steven Ramey |
Personal Practices
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| 36. What are the Daily Practices that Hindus Try to Follow? |
Bhakti Mamtora |
| 37. What are the Moral Codes of Hindus? |
Maharshi Vyas |
| 38. How does One Become a Follower of Hinduism Typically? |
Steven Ramey |
| 39. What does Someone have to Believe to be a Hindu? |
Richard Weiss |
| 40. Do Hindus Still have Arranged Marriages? |
Susan Prill |
| 41. Why do Hindus Not Eat Beef? |
Will Sweetman |
| 42. How does Caste Affect What a Person Does? |
Brian Pennington |
| 43. What is the Meaning of the Mark on the Forehead? |
Jimi Wilson |
| 44. What does a Guru do in Hinduism? |
Joanne Waghorne |
Rituals and Worship
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| 45. Are There Any Ceremonies that Hindus Hold Very Sacred? |
Thomas Ellis |
| 46. How is Caste Determined? |
Maharshi Vyas |
| 47. Is Yoga Important in Hinduism? |
Susan Prill |
| 48. What are Significant Holidays or Festivals for Hindus? |
Steven Ramey |
| 49. What does Worship in Hinduism Look Like? |
Katherine Zubko |
| 50. Do Hindus Think That They Pray to Idols Rather Than a God Figure? |
Aarti Patel |
| 51. With so Many Gods and Goddesses in Hinduism, how can a Hindu Manage to Worship all of Them? |
Steven Ramey |
| 52. Does Hinduism have a Weekly Time of Worship, Like Mass? |
Prea Persaud |
| 53. Is the Temple a Central Location for Worship, and What is in the Central Place of Worship? |
Aarti Patel |
| 54. Is the Design or Architecture of Temples Important? |
Aarti Patel |
Hindus in Relation to Non-Hindus
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| 55. Is it Hard for Hindus to Practice in Places that have Other Dominant Religions? |
Alexander Rocklin |
| 56. How do Hindus Live in Muslim Countries Like Pakistan, if Any do? |
Jürgen Schaflechner |
| 57. Why is There Conflict between Hinduism and Islam? |
Bhakti Mamtora |
| 58. What is the Main Difference between Hinduism and the More Popular Religions in America? |
Michael Altman |
| 59. What do Hindus Think about Christianity? |
Will Sweetman |
| 60. Can Someone Who is Not Hindu Visit a Temple? If so, How Should They Dress and Act? |
Brian Pennington |
| 61. Do People Who are Not Hindu have a Caste? |
Collin Sibley |
Contemporary Issues
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| 62. What are Some Values Taught to Children? |
Varun Khanna |
| 63. Do You have to be Indian to be a Hindu? |
Collin Sibley |
| 64. How do Hindus Respond to Environmental Issues? |
Vincent Burgess |
| 65. Do Men and Women have Equality in Hinduism? |
Antoinette DeNapoli |
| 66. Did Women have to Jump into the Fire when their Husband Died? |
Brian Pennington |
| 67. What is the Hindu Response to People who Identify as LGBTQ? |
Maharshi Vyas |
| 68. Why is there Discrimination Based on Caste? |
Richard Weiss |
| 69. As India Continues to Grow and Become a More Developed County, will Hinduism Remain the Leading Religion? |
Steven Ramey |
| 70. Is Hinduism a More Peaceful than Other Religions? |
Jürgen Schaflechner |
| 71. Why does Hinduism Seem to have Spread Less around the World than Other Major Religions? |
Prea Persaud |
End Matter
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| Index |
Steven Ramey |