Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or way of life. It is the world's third-largest religion, with over 1.25 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global population, known as Hindus. The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म: "the Eternal Way"), which refers to the idea that its origins lie beyond human history, as revealed in the Hindu texts. Another, though less fitting, self-designation is Vaidika dharma, the 'dharma related to the Vedas.'Hinduism includes a range of …
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Pew Research Center · 20 November 2023 English
Nearly all adults in the six countries surveyed say diversity has either a positive or a neutral impact on their country.
Southeast Asia – Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism – are compatible with their country’s way of life … Singaporeans (82%) say that Islam, Christianity and Hinduism are also compatible with their national culture … 52% of adults say that Islam, Christianity and Hinduism are all compatible with Thai culture and values … say the same about Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism. In contrast, Buddhist-majority Cambodia stands … other three religions (Islam, Christianity or Hinduism) are compatible with Cambodian culture and values …
UNU WIDER: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research · 17 November 2023 English
WIDER Working Paper 2023/140-Degrees of disadvantage
caste system is generally recognized as a part of Hinduism, this study studies caste as a subcategorization …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 16 November 2023 English
This article discusses son preference in India, including both greater investment in sons and the fertility preference for sons. Regarding differential investment, I focus on child health and show that …
sons is also an important phenomenon in India. Hinduism and patrilocal norms give eldest sons special …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 14 November 2023 English
Iqbal, they said, was the man who conceptualized and Two directly elected members of the presented the idea of Pakistan and ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ (AJK) awakened the feelings of …
especially in the domains of cave a crime against Hinduism and trade, connectivity, and economic faith in …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 14 November 2023 English
Iqbal, they said, was the man who conceptualized and Two directly elected members of the presented the idea of Pakistan and ‘Azad Jammu and Kashmir’ (AJK) awakened the feelings of …
especially in the domains of cave a crime against Hinduism and trade, connectivity, and economic faith in …
FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 8 November 2023 English
I come to you today, not as a scholar of international relations or political science, but as an interfaith practitioner. My graduate work—up the road at the
religions: Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Indonesia is incredibly …
JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs · 30 October 2023 English
Secondly, I survey the history of the “ultimate weapon.” Viewing the nation-state as the first ultimate weapon, I consider what sugggestions the efforts to prevent the outbursts of its destructive …
cross-cultural exchange and discourse between Islam and Hinduism, the comparative treatise Majma began to be regarded … finding a common mystical language between Islam and Hinduism. Towards this goal, he completed the translation … p. 32. 16 C arl W. Ernst, “Muslim Studies of Hinduism? A Reconsideration of Arabic and Persian Translations … the book Majma, all the commonalities between Hinduism (Vedānta) and Islam (Sufism) pointed to the conclusion … conclusion that the difference between Islam and Hinduism is only verbal. Mentioning that Dara Shikoh strove …
JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs · 30 October 2023 English
In his historic 2007 speech titled “Confluence of the Two Seas” Abe famously cited the title of the seminal 1655 book – Majma’-ul-Bahrain [The Mingling of the Two Oceans] authored …
cross-cultural exchange and discourse between Islam and Hinduism, the comparative treatise Majma began to be regarded … finding a common mystical language between Islam and Hinduism. Towards this goal, he completed the translation … p. 32. 16 C arl W. Ernst, “Muslim Studies of Hinduism? A Reconsideration of Arabic and Persian Translations … the book Majma, all the commonalities between Hinduism (Vedānta) and Islam (Sufism) pointed to the conclusion … conclusion that the difference between Islam and Hinduism is only verbal. Mentioning that Dara Shikoh strove …
Pew Research Center · 11 October 2023 English
A rising share of Asian Americans say they have no religion (32%), but many consider themselves close to one or more religious traditions for reasons such as family or culture. …
www.pewresearch.org RELIGASIDE CONT: e. Hinduism Asian Americans Jul 5, 2022- Jan 27, 2023 …
Pew Research Center · 11 October 2023 English
Read about some of the ways focus group participants with ties to different faith traditions explain the complex relationship of religion and culture in their lives.
least some connection to Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Confucianism, Daoism (also called Taoism) … requirement for social acceptance. Christianity Buddhism Hinduism Islam Confucianism and Daoism Shintoism For example … ” U.S.-BORN BUDDHIST MAN OF VIETNAMESE ORIGIN Hinduism In the focus groups, many Hindus, as well as non-Hindus … non-Hindus who consider themselves close to Hinduism, described Hinduism as both a religion and as a way of life … represents a truer form of Hinduism; people should be able to practice Hinduism as they see fit, they said …
