311:... the very academics in North America who would a priori be expected to be regarded as the principal authorities on textbased studies on Hinduism ... and their works are passed over in silence, which is truly amazing considering the wealth of philological South Asia related competence in North American universities. This shows a serious lack of knowledge and comprehension about academic text based studies related to Hinduism in this region of the world, and is a major flaw in this book. To me, it demonstrates a lack of serious study of the academic structures being criticised, invalidating many of the pronouncements on Hinduism Studies in America as such.
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and the needs of faithful," but the task of the academia is not "the formation and nurturing of the Hindu faith in a new generation of Hindus." According to
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Hinduism in the USA," and notes that the real debate should not be a political
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The book documents essays, critiques and surveys of western scholarship on religions and traditions in India. The book also contains critiques of
European ideas as applied to Indian culture. The last sections chronicles how key academic establishments in United States have responded. The book
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