The article provides a survey of research on immigrant Hindus and South Asian Hinduism in the United States, focusing in particular on certain trends in the development of American Hinduism (e.g., Americanization, protestantization, ecumenization, congregationalization, homogenization, ritual adaptation) and prominent themes in more recent scholarship on the topic (e.g., race, transnational connections, and Hindu nationalism).
‘This is a peer reviewed version of the following article:
Bauman, C. and Saunders, J. B. (2009), Out of India: Immigrant Hindus and South Asian Hinduism in the USA. Religion Compass, 3: 116–135.
,which has been published in final form at: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00121.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving'.
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