Introductory Textbooks

Related Readings

Bhaskarananda, Swami (2002) The Essentials of Hinduism: A Comprehensive Overview of the World’s Oldest Religion. Seattle: Viveka Press.

Biardeau, Madeleine (1992) Hinduism: The Anthropology of a Civilization.Richard Nice (trans.). Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chaudhuri, N. C. (1979) Hinduism. London: Chatto & Windus.

Falk, Nancy Auer (2006) Living Hinduisms: An Explorer’s Guide. Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.

Flood, Gavin (1996) An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Flood, Gavin (ed.) (2003) The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Fuller, Christopher J. (2004) The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India (Revised and Expanded). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hopkins, Thomas J. (1971) The Hindu Religious Tradition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Johnsen, Linda (2002) A Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism. Indianapolis: Alpha Books.

Kinsley, David R. (1993) Hinduism: A Cultural Perspective. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.

Klostermaier, Klaus, K. (1989) A Survey of Hinduism: Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Knipe, David M. (1991) Hinduism: Experiments in the Sacred. New York: Harper Collins.

Knott, Kim (2000) Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Lipner, Julius (1994) Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. New York: Routledge.

Michaels, Axel (2004) Hinduism. Barbara Harshav (trans.). Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Narayanan, Vasudha (2004) Hinduism. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rodrigues, Hillary (2006) Hinduism – the eBook. Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books.

Rodrigues, Hillary (2006) Introducing Hinduism. London and New York: Routledge.

Shattuck, Cybelle (1999) Hinduism. Upper Saddle River, NJ:Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Walker, Benjamin (1968) The Hindu World: An Encyclopedic Survey of Hinduism, 2 vols. New York: Praeger.

Younger, Paul (1972) Introduction to Indian Religious Thought. Philadelphia: Westminister Press.

Zaehner, R. C. (1962) Hinduism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.