Religious traditions in modern South Asia

Name: Religious traditions in modern South Asia
Author: Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and John Zavos

Author

Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and John Zavos

Publisher

Routledge

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Title and Author

Religious traditions in modern South Asia / Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and John Zavos

Publication Details

لندن : Routledge، 2011م

Physical Description

xvi, 319 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

South Asia Religion
South Asia Religious life and customs

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introducing South Asia, re-introducing "religion" -- Deity -- Texts and their authority -- Myth -- Ritual and worship -- Teachers and their traditions -- Caste : social relations, cultural formations -- The confluence of caste and religion -- Encounters with the west -- The construction of religious boundaries -- Public and private space -- Conflicting paradigms -- Twisting the kaleidoscope: reflections in conclusion

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