Traditional and modern Hinduism have an extensive monotheistic (belief in one God) branch that in many ways can be compared with the Christian notion of the person and a personal relationship to God.

Journalist Sengupta (Recasting India) introduces non-Hindu audiences to the world’s third largest religion using a practitioner’s perspective in this quick but substantive text. To Westerners, ...

Since aeons when the hallowed esoteric Guru-Shishya Parampara (flow of knowledge from Preceptor to Disciple) in an unbroken chain powered by Shruti-Smriti (imbibing knowledge through hearing and ...

Members of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA march in the Parade of Faiths in Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 18, 2023. Credit: Facebook/ ...

The topic has been a focus for scholars of Indian history and politics since 2014, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Whenever religion naturally comes up in conversation, everyone should be proud to say what faith ...

Hinduism doesn’t comply with preconceived notions of what god and religion should be. Krishna steals women’s clothes. Ram abandoned his wife. Shiva smokes narcotics. Durga kills a buffalo. Hindus ...

(RNS) — In 2004 I was dispatched to India to cover the aftermath of the devastating tsunami, and afterward I took the opportunity to spend time with my grandfather in Chennai and listen to stories ...

Indian-American student and activist Vasant Bhatt has said that many aspects of Hinduism were "misinterpreted and portrayed negatively" in the Hindu Religion Course offered by Houston University. He ...