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The Spiritual Language of Colour: A Case Study of Colour Symbolism in Hindu Community in South Africa [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 This study investigates the symbolism of colour in Hinduism. With a specific focus on the Hindu community in eThekwini, South Africa, the case study employed a qualitative research method to investigate the roles and cultural associations of colour in ...
Elena Vladimirovna Kudrya-Marais +1 more
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Swami Vivekananda: Revival and reform in the making of Hinduism
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The importance of the life and teachings of Swami Vivekananda can never be overestimated by contemporary Hindus; the numerous Ramakrishna centres around the world bear testimony to his abiding influence even 127 years after his address to the Parliament ...
brimadevi van Niekerk
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Ancient Vedic Literature and Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances
Cogent Social Sciences, 2021 The Vedic literature constitutes the fulcrum of Sanskrit literature and is repositories of some fundamental concepts of human rights. This manuscript endeavors to decode the tenets of human rights concealed in the Vedic texts.
Shailendra Kumar, Sanghamitra Choudhury
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Coming Home (Ghar Wapsi) and Going Away: Politics and the Mass Conversion Controversy in India
Religions, 2019 This article addresses two recent socio-religious trends in India: mass conversions to Hinduism (Ghar Wapsi) and mass conversions from Hinduism. Despite officially being a secular nation, organizations allied with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ...
Yashasvini Rajeshwar, Roy C. Amore
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Revista de Estudios Sociales, 2022 The purpose of this article is to study the adaptations and representations from which four immigrant families, from different regions in India and settled in Tijuana (Mexico), recreate their religious practice.
Lucero Jazmín López Olivares +1 more
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Secularism and Nonreligion, 2022 Previous research has suggested individuals can draw on resources from a diverse range of existential cultures when constructing their personal worldviews.
James Murphy +2 more
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Reconsidering Faith and Worldview in Dialogue: Hindu and Orthodox Christian Perspectives [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThis study explores the epistemological and philosophical differences between the two belief systems, focusing on Orthodox Christian worldviews versus the Vedantic tradition of Hinduism.
Angelo Nicolaides +1 more
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Religions, 2020 The asura’s demise at the hands of the goddess is a theme frequently revisited in Hindu myth. It is the chronicle of a death foretold. So too is the Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya, a sixteenth century regional purāṇa from Kerala, that narrates the tale of ...
Noor van Brussel
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The internal consistency reliability of the Santosh-Francis scale of attitude toward Hinduism among Balinese Hindus [PDF]
, 2011 The present paper intends to make a contribution to the empirical psychology of religion among Hindus. The Santosh-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Hinduism was originally developed and tested among Hindu affiliates living in the United Kingdom and ...
Leslie J. Francis +5 more
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