The Intersection of Hinduism and Contemporary Society

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

Issues faced by Hinduism and Hindus in their assimilating into or avoiding modern societies.

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Hindus, their communities, and their traditions face a wide variety of sociological challenges in assimilating into or avoiding modern secular societies. An underpinning of the tensions is that Hindus live and work in the world while simultaneously maintaining a separation from it. Equally as evident is an often-unnoticed intersection between them, sometimes yielding hybrid practices and ideas. Sociological issues that these communities might encounter include those of identity, value, affiliation, and ethnicity. This conference provides an opportunity for scholars to dialogue and share research related to the experiences of contemporary Hindu communities and adherents as they navigate life within, without, and on the fringes of their religious institutions and host communities.The conference is open to all and also aims to facilitate scholarly research on social issues among Hindus, discourse and productive interaction with and between all types of Hindu tradition and practitioner, and the development of studies and proposals. Key themes that this conference addresses include social cohesion, social integration, and social identity. Some examples of the intersectional issues that will be explored are: the construction of identities through practice, narrative, memory and visualisation, cross-pollinations and tensions between Hinduism and political spheres, the expansion and popularity of Hindu musical traditions, Hinduism and gender equality, post-monastic life, and marriage in the diaspora.

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