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Politics and Religion in India

Author : Narender Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000691470
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Religion in India written by Narender Kumar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines how religion is intrinsically related to politics in India. Based on studies from states across the length and breadth of India, it looks at political formations that inform political discourse on the national level and maps the trajectory of religion in politics. The chapters in this volume: discuss contemporary trends in Indian politics, including Hindutva, citizenship bills and mob violence; draw on fieldwork conducted across states and regions in India on critical themes, including the role of religion in electoral process, political campaigns and voting behaviour, political and ideological mobilization, and state politics vis-à-vis religion, among minorities; focus on the emerging politics of the 21st century. The book will be a key reference text for scholars and researchers of politics, religion, sociology, media and culture studies, and South Asian studies.

Religion, Caste, and Politics in India

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Primus Books
ISBN 13 : 9380607040
Total Pages : 835 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Caste, and Politics in India written by Christophe Jaffrelot and published by Primus Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following independence, the Nehruvian approach to socialism in India rested on three pillars: secularism and democracy in the political domain, state intervention in the economy, and diplomatic non-alignment mitigated by pro-Soviet leanings after the 1960s. These features defined a distinct "Indian model," if not the country's political identity. From this starting point, Christophe Jaffrelot traces the transformation of India throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the 1980s and 90s. The world's largest democracy has sustained itself by embracing not only the vernacular politicians of linguistic states, but also Dalits and "Other Backward Classes," or OBCs. The simultaneous--and related--rise of Hindu nationalism has put minorities--and secularism--on the defensive. In many ways the rule of law has been placed on trial as well. The liberalization of the economy has resulted in growth, yet not necessarily development, and India has acquired a new global status, becoming an emerging power intent on political and economic partnerships with Asia and the West. The traditional Nehruvian system is giving way to a less cohesive though more active India, a country that has become what it is against all odds. Jaffrelot maps this tumultuous journey, exploring the role of religion, caste, and politics in determining the fabric of a modern democratic state.

Language, Religion and Politics in North India

Author : Paul R. Brass
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595343945
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Language, Religion and Politics in North India written by Paul R. Brass and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is recognized as a classic study both of the politics of language and religion in India and of ethnic and nationalist movements in general. It received overwhelmingly favorable reviews across disciplinary and international boundaries at first publication, characterized as "a masterly conceptual analysis of language, religion, ethnic groups, and nationhood", "a monumental work", "of interest to all political scientists", one that "should be required reading for any politically concerned person" in the United Kingdom (from a TLS review), a work whose "value and importance can scarcely be overstated", with "no competitor in the same class".

Religion, Community and Development

Author : Gurpreet Mahajan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136704558
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Community and Development written by Gurpreet Mahajan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By making religious community a relevant category for discussing development deficit, the Sachar Committee Report (that was submitted to the Prime Minister of India in 2007) initiated a new political discourse in India. While the liberal secular framework privileged the individual over the community and was more inclined to use the category of class rather than the identity of religion, the Sachar Committee differentiated citizens on the basis of their religious identity. Its conclusions reinforced the necessity of approaching issues of development through the optic of religious community. This volume focuses on this shift in public policy. The articles in this collection examine the nature and implications of this new approach to the Indian social reality. Taking a close look at the findings of the Sachar Committee Report (SCR) they highlight the challenges posed by inter-community comparisons. At another level the articles supplement the debate initiated by the SCR by constructing a profile of religious communities in India so as to factor in their concerns of development into the present discourse and to nuance and modify the simple indicators to which development is often reduced. As most religious communities are themselves engaged in development-related activities the volume also examines some of these initiatives in order to see what development connotes to the members themselves and what receives attention by the community. Students of social sciences and development studies as well as those dealing with issues of marginalization will find this collection an invaluable resource for understanding contemporary India and for undertaking further theoretical and empirical research.

Christianity and Politics in Tribal India

Author : G. Kanato Chophy
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438485832
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Politics in Tribal India written by G. Kanato Chophy and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an ethnohistorical study of the Nagas—a congeries of tribes inhabiting the Indo-Myanmar frontier—this book explores an unusually interesting region of India that is all too often seen as peripheral. G. Kanato Chophy provides a distinct vantage point for understanding the Nagas in relation to colonialism, missionary encounters, identity politics, and cultural change, all seamlessly woven around American Baptist mission history in this region. The book also analyses India's cacophonous postindependence democracy in order to delineate multifaith issues, multiculturalism, and ethnicity-based political movements. Within the West, episodic memories of the "Great Awakening," a significant landmark in the history of Protestantism, have faded into archival records. But among the Nagas of the Indo-Myanmar highlands, Baptist Christianity persists as the dominant religion, influencing the daily lives of nearly three million people. Focusing variously on evangelical faith, missionary zeal, ethnic identities, political struggle, and complex culture wars, Christianity and Politics in Tribal India is an original and major study of how Protestant missions changed the history and destiny of a tribal community in one of the unlikeliest regions of South Asia.

Religion, State, and Politics in India

Author : Moin Shakir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, State, and Politics in India written by Moin Shakir and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

South Asian Politics and Religion

Author : Donald Eugene Smith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400879086
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book South Asian Politics and Religion written by Donald Eugene Smith and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of twenty-two scholars is brought together in this comparative study of the emerging relationships between religion and politics in India, Pakistan, and Ceylon. Part I, "South Asia: Unity and Diversity," presents a comparative analysis of religio-political patterns in the three countries. Part II, “India: The Politics of Religious Pluralism,” emphasizes the rich diversity of Indian religious life and its political consequences. Part III, “Pakistan: The Politics of Islamic Identity,” is chiefly concerned with the political, ideological, and legal problems which Pakistan has faced. Part IV, “Ceylon: The Politics of Buddhist Resurgence,” emphasizes the dramatic developments by which Buddhists have become deeply involved in politics. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Indian Controversies

Author : Arun Shourie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Indian Controversies written by Arun Shourie and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to the Indian scene.

Secularism, Religion, and Politics

Author : Peter Losonczi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317341414
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Secularism, Religion, and Politics written by Peter Losonczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the relationship between the state and religion in India and Europe. It problematizes the idea of secularism and questions received ideas about secularism. It also looks at how Europe and India can learn from each other about negotiating religious space and identity in this globalised post-9/11 world.

The Crisis of Secularism in India

Author : Anuradha Dingwaney Needham
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822388413
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of Secularism in India written by Anuradha Dingwaney Needham and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While secularism has been integral to India’s democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the violence directed against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and the precarious situation of India’s minority religious groups more generally; the existence of personal laws that vary by religious community; the affiliation of political parties with fundamentalist religious organizations; and the rallying of a significant proportion of the diasporic Hindu community behind a resurgent nationalist Hinduism. There is a broad consensus that a crisis of secularism exists, but whether the state can resolve conflicts and ease tensions or is itself part of the problem is a matter of vigorous political and intellectual debate. In this timely, nuanced collection, twenty leading Indian cultural theorists assess the contradictory ideals, policies, and practices of secularism in India. Scholars of history, anthropology, religion, politics, law, philosophy, and media studies take on a broad range of concerns. Some consider the history of secularism in India; others explore theoretical issues such as the relationship between secularism and democracy or the shortcomings of the categories “majority” and “minority.” Contributors examine how the debates about secularism play out in schools, the media, and the popular cinema. And they address two of the most politically charged sites of crisis: personal law and the right to practice and encourage religious conversion. Together the essays inject insightful analysis into the fraught controversy about the shortcomings and uncertain future of secularism in the world today. Contributors. Flavia Agnes, Upendra Baxi, Shyam Benegal, Akeel Bilgrami, Partha Chatterjee, V. Geetha, Sunil Khilnani, Nivedita Menon, Ashis Nandy, Anuradha Dingwaney Needham, Gyanendra Pandey, Gyan Prakash, Arvind Rajagopal, Paula Richman, Sumit Sarkar, Dwaipayan Sen, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Shabnum Tejani, Romila Thapar, Ravi S. Vasudevan, Gauri Viswanathan

Making India Hindu

Author : David E. Ludden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Making India Hindu written by David E. Ludden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic collection by eminent scholars takes a critical look at the mobilizations, genealogies, and interpretive conflicts that have attended efforts to make India Hindu since the rise to power of Hindu political parties from 1980. The second edition has been updated with a new preface in which Ludden provides an incisive analysis of the recently held elections and highlights how Hindutva operates inside India's political mainstream.

Religion and Politics in India During the Thirteenth Century

Author : Khaliq Ahmad Nizami
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Politics in India During the Thirteenth Century written by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Discusses At Length The Nature Of The Early Turkish State In India And The Significant Stages In The Evolution Of Islam In The Subcontinent. It Places The Early Delhi Sultanate Within The Context Of Its Central Asian Neighbourhood And The Wider Islamic World.

Politics After Television

Author : Arvind Rajagopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521648394
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Politics After Television written by Arvind Rajagopal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the use of media by political and religious interest groups in India

Religion, Politics and History in India

Author : Louis Dumont
Publisher : De Gruyter Mouton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, Politics and History in India written by Louis Dumont and published by De Gruyter Mouton. This book was released on 1970 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India During the Thirteenth Century

Author : Khaliq Ahmad Nizami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India During the Thirteenth Century written by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religion, Community and Development

Author : Gurpreet Mahajan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136704566
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Community and Development written by Gurpreet Mahajan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at a seminar organized at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Mar., 2007.

Bhakti Religion in North India

Author : David N. Lorenzen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143841126X
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Bhakti Religion in North India written by David N. Lorenzen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1994-11-09 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In India, religion continues to be an absolutely vital source for social as well as personal identity. All manner of groups--political, occupational, and social--remain grounded in specific religious communities. This book analyzes the development of the modern Hindu and Sikh communities in North India starting from about the fifteenth century, when the dominant bhakti tradition of Hinduism became divided into two currents: the sagun and the nirgun. The sagun current, led mostly by Brahmins, has remained dominant in most of North India and has served as the ideological base of the development of modern Hindu nationalism. Several chapters explore the rise of this religious and political movement, paying particular attention to the role played by devotion to Ram. Alternative trends do exist in sagun tradition, however, and are represented here by chapters on the low-caste saint Chokhamel and the tantric sect founded by Kina Ram. The nirgun current, led mostly by persons of Ksand artisan castes, formed the base of both the Sikh community, founded by Guru Nanak, and of various non-Brahmin sectarian movements derived from such saints as Kabir, Raidas, Dadu, and Shiv Dayal Singh. Two chapters discuss the formation of a distinctive Sikh theology and a Sikh community identity separate from that of the Hindus. Other chapters discuss the validity of the sagun-nirgun distinction within Hindu tradition and the interplay of social and religious ideas in nirgun hagiographic texts and in sectarian movements such as the Adi Dharma Mission and the Radhasoami Satsang.