Christopher Partridge - A Brief Introduction to Hinduism

Dr Veikko Anttonen
Professor of Comparative Religion,
School of Cultural Research,
University of Turku, Finland

Dr Eric S. Christianson
Formerly Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies,
University College Chester, UK

Dr Diana L. Eck
Professor of Comparative Religion and
Indian Studies, Harvard Divinity School,
Cambridge, MA, USA

Dr Gavin Flood
Professor of Hindu Studies and
Comparative Religion,
University of Oxford, UK

Dr Andreas Grnschlo
Professor of Religious Studies,
Gttingen University, Germany

Dr Robert J. Kisala,
Associate Professor, Nanzan University,
Nagoya, Japan

Dr Anthony N. S. Lane
Professor of Historical Theology and
Director of Research,
London School of Theology, UK

Dr Nicholas de Lange
Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies,
University of Cambridge, UK

Dr Mikael Rothstein
Associate Professor of Religious History,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Professor Lamin Sanneh
D. Willis James Professor of Missions and
World Christianity and Professor of History,
Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, USA

Baron Singh of Wimbledon CBE

Dr Garry W. Trompf
Emeritus Professor in the History of Ideas,
University of Sydney, Australia

Dr Linda Woodhead
Professor of Sociology of Religion,
Lancaster University, UK

Dr Fiona Bowie, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, UK: The Anthropology of Religion, Ritual and Performance

Dr Jeremy Carrette, Professor of Religion and Culture, University of Kent, England: Critical Theory and Religion

Dr Douglas Davies, Professor in the Study of Religion, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham, UK: Myths and Symbols, The Golden Temple

Dr Theodore Gabriel, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, University of Gloucestershire, UK: Hinduism: Sacred Writings, Hinduism in the Modern World, Islam: Science, Art, and Culture

Dr Malcolm Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Reading, UK: The Sociology of Religion

Dr Paul Hedges, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies: Theological Approaches to the Study of Religion

Dr Anna S. King, Reader in Theology and Religious Studies, University of Winchester, UK: Hinduism: Beliefs

Magdalen Lambkin, PhD student at the University of Glasgow, Scotland: Consultant, Understanding Religion

Dr Russell T. McCutcheon, Professor of Sociology of Religion, University of Alabama, USA: What is Religion?

Dr Christopher Partridge, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lancaster, UK: Phenomenology and the Study of Religion, Rapid Fact-finder

Naren Patel: I am a Hindu

Dr Tinu Ruparell, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Canada: Hinduism: Philosophy

Revd Angela Tilby, Diocesan Canon, Christ Church, Oxford, UK: Rapid Fact-finder

Dr Maya Warrier, Lecturer on Hinduism, University of Wales, Trinity St David, UK: Hinduism: A Historical Overview, Worship and Festivals, Family and Society

Dr Fraser N. Watts, Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Science, University of Cambridge, UK: The Psychology of Religion

Revd Dr John-David Yule, Incumbent of the United Benefice of Fen Drayton with Conington, Lolworth, and Swavesey, Cambridge, UK: Rapid Fact-finder

This volume and five other titles in the Brief Introductions series are taken directly from the third edition of Introduction to World Religions, edited by Christopher Partridge and revised by Tim Dowley. Additional maps and images are included from