Hinduism
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Hindu Integration: Brahmanas and Gramadevatas
The author argues the Rigvedic ‘one truth, many names’ pluralism is overstated, reads the Vasishtha hymns as integrating deities with different functions, and traces Brahmin integration of village deities such…
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Their Muslim Problem—And Ours
On the row over an advertisement showing an interfaith marriage, the author argues critics dodge its gendered side, since Islam allows Muslim men but not women to marry out, and…
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Brahmanism Versus Brahminism
The Emissary separates Brahman, the metaphysical absolute, from the brahmin priestly caste, and says he prefers ‘Vedic Dharma’ to ‘Brahmanism’, which he finds fair as a label for scriptural Hinduism,…
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What is “Brahmanical” in Indian Patriarchy ?
Nachiketa examines the slogan ‘Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy’ after Jack Dorsey’s 2018 photo-op, arguing that ‘Brahmanical’ has become a catch-all political label and probing how much of Indian patriarchy can fairly…
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The religion of Hindus before Hinduism
Razib Khan disputes Richard Eaton’s aside that Turk-Indian conflict was not confessional, arguing religious and civilisational identity was robust and that a bundled Hindu identity is older than the 19th…
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Are Hindu Atheists more Plural ?
Nachiketa argues that Hindu atheists, who mostly keep a Hindu identity and focus on ritual and tradition rather than abstract disbelief, differ from ex-Muslim and ex-Christian atheists, and traces Hindu…
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Why Hinduism is not inchoate paganism
Razib Khan rejects the view that Hindu identity is merely a reaction to Islam and the British, arguing from cross-cultural cases such as Rome, Iran and Japan that it is…
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Belief and Reclamation
The Emissary frames the 5 August 2020 Ayodhya temple foundation as a civilisation’s long-awaited reclamation, retelling Ram’s journey in the Ramayana and arguing that its classification as itihasa, history rather…
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Hindu atheist vs. Secular Jihadists
Razib Khan reacts to a podcast between Jarin Jove and the Secular Jihadist hosts, finding Jove’s arguments on Hindu nationalism sophistic and close to American social justice reasoning, and warning…
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Resilience in the face of religious change
Razib Khan extends Gibbon’s argument that paganism could not reverse the rise of Christianity: religions with a class of devoted ideological professionals, like Christianity, Confucianism and Brahmin-led Hinduism, can recover…
