A basic book for reading is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism, 2nd edition, by Linda Johnsen (NY: Penguin, 2009). This series also publishes guides on Buddhism, Early Christianity, Christianity, Judaism, Evangelical Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, the Hebrew Scriptures, the Bible, the Koran, Paganism, Mormonism, Taoism, and World Religions.
