{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2051064136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","title":"A Religion of the Book? On Sacred Texts in Hinduism","display_name":"A Religion of the Book? On Sacred Texts in Hinduism","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-06-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2051064136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","mag":"2051064136"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0014524614537167","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S107642792","display_name":"The Expository Times","issn_l":"0014-5246","issn":["0014-5246","1745-5308"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Expository Times","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/103719/1/Robert%20Leach_A%20Religion%20of%20the%20Book.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108787705","display_name":"Robert Leach","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-3124","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-3124"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","display_name":"University of Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/02crff812","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Robert Leach","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Z\u00fcrich","Univ. of Zurich"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Z\u00fcrich","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. of Zurich","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5108787705"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":6.5989,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9312139,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"126","issue":"1","first_page":"15","last_page":"27"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11563","display_name":"Indian and Buddhist Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11563","display_name":"Indian and Buddhist Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13150","display_name":"Study and Philosophy of Religion","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12949","display_name":"South Asian Studies and Diaspora","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1202","display_name":"History"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-texts","display_name":"religious texts","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hinduism","display_name":"Hinduism","score":0.9580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vedic-texts","display_name":"Vedic texts","score":0.6119999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sruti","display_name":"\u015bruti","score":0.8209999799728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/smrti","display_name":"sm\u1e5bti","score":0.9919999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tantra","display_name":"Tantra","score":0.9549999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stotra","display_name":"stotra","score":0.9369999766349792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sanskrit-literature","display_name":"Sanskrit literature","score":0.8550000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-diversity","display_name":"religious diversity","score":0.4729999899864197}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46610780","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9089","display_name":"Hinduism","level":2,"score":0.9673501253128052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29912816","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11059","display_name":"Sanskrit","level":2,"score":0.8607046604156494},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780386941","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1036511","display_name":"Vernacular","level":2,"score":0.5866276025772095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C547195049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1725664","display_name":"Terminology","level":2,"score":0.5071125030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777179996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911222","display_name":"Mistake","level":2,"score":0.4579145014286041},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.416012167930603},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.3823481798171997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.35919469594955444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.3318752944469452},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.32763659954071045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.20585379004478455},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.11422917246818542},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0014524614537167","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S107642792","display_name":"The Expository Times","issn_l":"0014-5246","issn":["0014-5246","1745-5308"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-4","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Expository Times","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:103719","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/103719/1/Robert%20Leach_A%20Religion%20of%20the%20Book.pdf","pdf_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/103719/1/Robert%20Leach_A%20Religion%20of%20the%20Book.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401281","display_name":"Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","host_organization_name":"University of Zurich","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Leach, Robert (2014). A religion of the book? On sacred texts in hinduism. Expository Times, 126(1):15-27.","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:20.500.14742/82360","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/handle/20.500.14742/82360","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401281","display_name":"Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","host_organization_name":"University of Zurich","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Leach, R. (2014). A religion of the book? On sacred texts in hinduism. Expository Times, 126, 15\u201327. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524614537167","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"doi:10.5167/uzh-103719","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-103719","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-103719","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401281","display_name":"Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","host_organization_name":"University of Zurich","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"JournalArticle"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:103719","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/103719/1/Robert%20Leach_A%20Religion%20of%20the%20Book.pdf","pdf_url":"https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/103719/1/Robert%20Leach_A%20Religion%20of%20the%20Book.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401281","display_name":"Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","host_organization_name":"University of Zurich","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Leach, Robert (2014). A religion of the book? On sacred texts in hinduism. Expository Times, 126(1):15-27.","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":14,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W397375715","https://openalex.org/W609111370","https://openalex.org/W629044957","https://openalex.org/W1524343448","https://openalex.org/W1531266257","https://openalex.org/W1569139564","https://openalex.org/W2084968689","https://openalex.org/W2194924287","https://openalex.org/W2231445871","https://openalex.org/W2327581134","https://openalex.org/W4239021806","https://openalex.org/W4255323775","https://openalex.org/W4289874146","https://openalex.org/W4388388487"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2904102986","https://openalex.org/W3141852001","https://openalex.org/W1551459661","https://openalex.org/W3111748495","https://openalex.org/W4244503052","https://openalex.org/W1483689388","https://openalex.org/W63189099","https://openalex.org/W1575102970","https://openalex.org/W4402603149","https://openalex.org/W4416600699"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,72,163],"this":[1],"article":[2],"I":[3,76,79,130,167],"provide":[4],"an":[5],"overview":[6],"of":[7,13,30,53,59,88,94,105,124,128,133,139],"the":[8,23,51,57,73,82,99,106,113,125,137,140,164],"identity,":[9],"role":[10,52],"and":[11,37,68,103,136,161,173],"function":[12],"sacred":[14,36,54,89],"texts":[15,31,55,63,110,176],"in":[16,26,56,91,108,177],"Hinduism.":[17],"Hinduism\u2019s":[18],"tremendous":[19],"diversity":[20],"extends":[21],"to":[22,47,49,112,151],"numerous":[24],"ways":[25,107],"which":[27,109,145],"different":[28,62,66,70,114],"types":[29,85],"have":[32,64,116,146],"been":[33,147],"identified":[34],"as":[35,81],"used":[38],"by":[39,149],"Hindu":[40],"practitioners.":[41],"It":[42],"would":[43],"be":[44],"a":[45],"mistake":[46],"attempt":[48],"summarise":[50],"lives":[58],"Hindus,":[60],"since":[61],"had":[65],"roles":[67],"performed":[69],"functions.":[71],"following,":[74],"therefore,":[75],"address":[77,131,174],"what":[78],"identify":[80],"four":[83,126],"major":[84],"or":[86],"categories":[87,115,127,141],"text":[90,129],"Hinduism":[92],"independently":[93],"each":[95],"other,":[96],"while":[97],"noting":[98],"commonalities":[100],"they":[101],"share,":[102],"some":[104],"belonging":[111],"engaged":[117],"with":[118],"one":[119],"another.":[120],"The":[121],"first":[122],"three":[123],"consist":[132],"Sanskrit":[134,143],"works,":[135],"names":[138],"are":[142],"terms":[144],"applied":[148],"Hindus":[150],"their":[152],"own":[153],"literature":[154],"(":[155],"Veda/":[156],"\u015aruti;":[157],"Sm\u1e5bti;":[158],"Tantra,":[159],"\u0100gama":[160],"Stotra).":[162],"final":[165],"section,":[166],"depart":[168],"from":[169],"using":[170],"\u201cinsider\u201d":[171],"terminology":[172],"\u201csacred":[175],"vernacular":[178],"languages\u201d.":[179]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}