Homogeneity and South African Hinduism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J H Hofmeyr (University of Cape Town, corresponding author), J Hofmeyr (1University of Cape Town, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-149 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006682x00113 |
| OpenAlex | W2030633428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Hinduism is arguably the most diverse of the great world religions. In South Africa the clearest marker of this diversity is language. The South African Hindu community is concentrated in four linguistic groups, these being the Gujurat, Hindi, Tamil, and relugu. As in India, each has its favoured system of religious ritual, belief, and literature. The institutional structures of Hinduism are not entirely welladapted to the South African context. This has been documented in recent research' and the results in terms of the evolution of Hin
African studies · Anthropology of religion · Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Hindi · Hinduism · History of religions · Homogeneity (statistics) · Linguistics · Sociology · Statistics · Tamil · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religious studies · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2014 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |