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# Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction

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## Customer Reviews

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    A perfect introduction to Hinduism
  

*by P***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2005*

Hinduism has a special place among the world's major religions, being of great antiquity and being, until recent times, an ethnic or racial religion, like Judaism, Sikhism or Shinto.  In the last century it has spread its teachings to the West and in doing so has fragmented and branched into an even more complex variety, so that, as the author of this book says, we must now talk of 'Hinduisms', in the plural.  So the writing of a very short introduction that will do justice to this subject is a tall order.  Kim Knott succeeds splendidly.She does not shirk problematic topics, such as the evils of the caste system or the burning of widows.  In fact, she devotes a fair amount of space to the particular difficulties faced by Hindu women.Knott being a British academic, and a Quaker, this is an outsider's view, a learned, sympathetic and interested outsider's view.  It is none the worse for that.  Including a map, a timeline, a glossary, excellent illustrations and suggestions for further reading, it is packed with a surprising amount of information in such a small space.If you have only a passing interest in Hinduism, this book may tell you all you want to know.  If you wish to pursue the study, this is the perfect introduction.  A good next step would be an annotated edition of the Bhagavad Gita.

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    Very good, but...
  

*by S***D on Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2012*

I am using this book in a very short course on Hinduism and Buddhism and paired it with the Damien Keown, VSI-Buddhism. Hardly any students had any familiarity with either tradition. Most preferred the Keown book, though. The reason they gave was that Knott's book, although very readable and informative, left them wondering about what would be considered the fundamentals of Hinduism. Knott does address these aspects of the tradition, but they are woven into the larger narrative of how Hinduism squares with Indian culture.  So, while I think Knott has done an admirable job offering AN introduction to Hinduism, someone with no previous knowledge would benefit from a companion, such as Arvind Sharma's A Guide to Hindu Spirituality or Gavin Flood's Introduction to Hinduism. Nonetheless, the book served my purposes very well.

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    It is very short
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2010*

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction is indeed very short, perhaps too short to do more than scratch to surface of a topic as complex and varied as the religion of Hinduism. This book is a very good introduction for someone who knows little about the subject and would like to learn more, however for someone who does know a something about Hinduism and would like to learn more it is a little unsatisfying. One is left wanting more.

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