Out of India: Immigrant Hindus and South Asian Hinduism in the United States

Chad M. Bauman, Butler University
Jennifer B. Saunders, Butler University

Abstract

The article provides a survey of research on immigrant Hindus and South Asian Hinduism in the USA, focusing in particular on certain trends in the development of American Hinduism (e.g., Americanization, protestantization, ecumenization, congregationalization, homogenization, and ritual adaptation) and prominent themes in more recent scholarship on the topic (e.g., race, transnational connections, and Hindu nationalism).