Very Short Introductions Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction, (Paperback)

from Steve38

Just what you would expect from this series. There must be a strong editing team to maintain such consistency over so many subjects and so many authors.

from GlennBell

The book provides an overview of Hinduism. While it is brief, it provides some useful insights. The section on the mythical stories is interesting. I think reading the Vedas might be helpful. I mildly recommend this book.

from timtom

Besides being a rather dated (1998) and poorly illustrated book, this "introduction" to Hinduism is sadly disappointing to the beginner. It fails to address the main subject by spending too much time treating its context. The author does indeed a great job in explaining why defining "Hinduism" it...

from stillatim

It's becoming really obvious to me that the OVSI series is handicapped a bit by the general academic climate: here's a well-written, sympathetic and reasonably objective book about Hinduism. Knott is perfectly transparent about her approach, which is to discuss Hinduism for the most part as it ex...

from thewalkinggirl

As it is a very brief introduction, it doesn't go into much detail, but it does provide a nice overview of Hinduism in terms of philosophy, ritual, gender and caste, literature, politics, history and geography. It doesn't have the most compelling narrative I've ever read, but it also doesn't make...