![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There was recurring overemphasis on Hindu Goddess' sensational, sexual and violent aspects. Indian critics of such dubious scholarship uncovered more. One of the culprits shockingly described one of India's most respected spiritual gurus, a worshipper of Kali, as a sexual pervert and more. What Malhotra and others - including some white Americans with personal spiritual connections to Hinduism - found was that many inauthentic translations and interpretations had been popularized by these "experts". The spark spread like a wildfire in the Indian American community, forcing the American academics to brand the accused as 'Hindutva' and 'saffron' preachers. Malhotra accused these pundits of unleashing "Hinduphobia". It took one man, Rajiv Malhotra, to hit back at the American experts on Hinduism, notably the well known Wendy Doniger. The anger had been simmering in the Indian diaspora for a long time. This book is a compilation of the Hindu anger that followed questionable scholarship on Hinduism studies in the US, primarily by those linked to the powerful American Academy of Religion. The-cover-of-Invading-the-Sacred-An-Analysis-of-Hinduism-Studies-in-America Title: Invading the Sacred: An Analysis of Hinduism Studies in AmericaĮditors: Krishnan Ramaswamy, Antonio de Nicolas and Aditi Banerjee ![]()
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