India's religions: perspectives from sociology and history
In: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
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In: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
In: Oxford India paperbacks
In: Oxford India paperbacks
Secularism is one of the important and contentious public debates in India today. It is seen to be in greater crisis now than ever before, making a case for the continuing presence of this book. The debate also furnishes the making of Indian polity and society, given the inter-related development of culture, society and politics in India. It is thus a debate about religious nationalism and fundamentalism as well. Modern Myths, Locked Minds examines the ideologies of secularism and fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India--Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. Further insightful comparison of the traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences
In: Contributions to Indian sociology
In: Occasional studies 6
In: Contributions to Indian sociology N.S., 32,2
In: Special issue
In: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 354