Fair Observer Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and cultural anthropologist Stephen Huyler discuss Hinduism’s unique features and how it contrasts with Western religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Huyler draws from decades of travel and immersion in India to present Hinduism as an experiential, flexible and diverse spiritual tradition. An experiential approach to HinduismHuyler explains that his understanding of Hinduism comes from living inside Indian homes, shrines and temples. Practical Hinduism, Huyler says, is rooted in the idea that the sacred permeates all life. Community and the feminine divineThe very word “Hindu,” Huyler notes, originally meant simply “of India,” underscoring Hinduism’s geographical rather than doctrinal origins.