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Sriram, Shyam. and Joshi, Satish. "Yankee Hindutva: Religiosity Measures and Hindu Nationalism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41295_index.html>

Sriram, S. K. and Joshi, S. , 2005-09-01 "Yankee Hindutva: Religiosity Measures and Hindu Nationalism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p41295_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: As political scientists have witnessed the staggering rise in Hindu nationalist sentiment in India, so too has there been a perceived increase in Hindu nationalism among many Indian-Americans. With that said, however, little research had been attempted in order to gauge the religious and political views of Indian-Americans in order to measure and test their religious commitment � or religiosity � towards Hinduism and Hindu nationalism. Two joint issues have complicated this research question � the basic problem in defining Hinduism and the corresponding dilemma of operationalizing Hinduism and Hindu nationalism for purposes of public opinion research. Although questions about religion and religious commitment abound within existing surveys, such questions have been decidedly Judeo-Christian in nature and are not applicable towards Eastern religions. We propose a new model for measuring attitudes towards Hinduism and concurrently, Hindu nationalism. Although the scope of your work is theoretical in nature, we believe that scholars will be able to use our measures in order to accurately gauge the views of Indian-Americans towards Hinduism and subsequently, the rise of Hindu nationalism.

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