Journal of
Global Hindu Cultures
About the Journal
The Journal of Global Hindu Cultures is a peer-reviewed, scholarly, open-access, online publication covering multi-, cross-, and inter-disciplinary examinations of the Hindu Dharma traditions and associated cultures in the global contexts wherein these traditions are or have been practiced.
As the academy continues its journey from occidental to global, the Journal of Global Hindu Cultures appreciates the need for usage of recognizable terminology such as Hindu, insofar as it has served as a geographical marker for the numerous peoples of Ancient India and the Indosphere for more than two millennia. It works in awareness that though having provenance in the same cultural milieu, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism are distinct world religions. Accepting the efforts of notable religious studies theorists over the past two decades to problematize the almost universal monolithic descriptions of the remaining Dharma traditions developed in this region, this journal prioritizes the work of scholars who have undertaken the task of reckoning with the problematic legacy of early scholarship of this discipline and are seeking to apply contemporary scholarly methods to the study of Global Hindu Cultures.
As the academy continues its journey from occidental to global, the Journal of Global Hindu Cultures appreciates the need for usage of recognizable terminology such as Hindu, insofar as it has served as a geographical marker for the numerous peoples of Ancient India and the Indosphere for more than two millennia. It works in awareness that though having provenance in the same cultural milieu, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism are distinct world religions. Accepting the efforts of notable religious studies theorists over the past two decades to problematize the almost universal monolithic descriptions of the remaining Dharma traditions developed in this region, this journal prioritizes the work of scholars who have undertaken the task of reckoning with the problematic legacy of early scholarship of this discipline and are seeking to apply contemporary scholarly methods to the study of Global Hindu Cultures.
