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Book: Hinduism in Five Minutes

Chapter: 58. What is the Main Difference between Hinduism and the More Popular Religions in America?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.41726

Blurb:

There are two main differences between Hinduism and the more popular religions in America: history and race. This chapter briefly examines how the history of North America and the construction of racial identity have set Hinduism apart as different from the most popular forms of religion in America, white Christianity.

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