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Great World Religions: Hinduism
The Great Courses
2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 2.0
An audio/video lecture series from The Great Courses surveying Hinduism, including its history, practices, and the social structure of caste in India.
Commenters say it is well put together and gives an academically grounded, deep look at how religion shapes Indian social life, with one calling it highly recommended for anyone wanting the good, bad and ugly of Hinduism.
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I’ll second this - I was born in India and moved to US at young age. Never had caste come up ever with my family or relatives, but the only time I had to think about it was when someone asked me about it (out of curiosity, not in any other way).
Lately, I picked up one of the introductory courses from Audible - “Great World Religions: Hinduism from The Great Courses”. It was well put together - a whole chapter dedicated to caste system in India. Particularly talks about restriction of mobility and exceptions when it can happen. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to learn more about the good, the bad and the ugly of Hinduism.
Apparently, I was born in the artisanal caste of India, specifically Blacksmiths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchal
+1 Great Courses. Often taught by university professors and academically respected people.
I just went through the Hinduism course and it was an amazingly deep insight into how the country of India works and worked in the past when it comes to social fabric as religion is quite tightly weaved into the culture.
It is much much better than any of this fancy high production value celebrity tabloid thing we call "MasterClass". Nothing masterful about it.