Religion and Modernity in India

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvSekhar Bandyopadhyay,Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Aloka Parasher Sen

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Modernity, which emphasizes the relegation of religion firmly to an individual's private life, is a challenging idea for any culture. In India it faces a particularly unusual problem: the persistence of numerous traditional and religious practices means that religion and modernity co-habit here in a complex, plural, transient, and historically evolving relationship. Religion and Modernity in India explores this complex relationship through a series of case studies on the quotidian experiences of people practising a variety of religions. It presents the dynamically interacting textures of society engaging with modernity in divergent ways, both historically and in contemporary times. The essays in this collection consciously bring in the idea of inclusivity by factoring in the small and local contexts. They raise important questions about marginality and sexuality, and discuss the oral and cultural traditions of both mainstream and marginal communities such as tribal communities and women. In doing so, they put forward the perspectives of groups that represent difference but at the same time are linked to a larger whole.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-02-16
Mått149 x 223 x 30 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagOUP India
ISBN9780199467785

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Introduction -Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Aloka Parasher Sen Part I Modernity, Religion, and Secularism Chapter One: Society, Religion, and Modernity in Postcolonial India - T.K. Oommen Chapter Two: Possession, Alterity, Modernity - Aditya Malik Part II Modernity, Religion, and the Communities Chapter Three: The Dravidian Idea in Missionary Accounts of South Indian Religion - Will Sweetman Chapter Four: Locating the Self, Community, and the Nation: Writing the History of the Srivai??avas of South India- Ranjeeta Dutta Chapter Five: Sedentarization and the Changing Contours of Religious Identities: The Case of the Pastoral Van Gujjars of the Himalayas - Alok Kumar Pandey and R. Siva Prasad Chapter Six: Religion, Erotic Sensibilities, and Marginality - Pushpesh Kumar Part III Secularism, Religion, and Politics Chapter Seven: Rethinking the 'Religious-Secular' Binary in Global Politics: M.A. Jinnah and Muslim Nationalism in South Asia - Aparna Devare Chapter Eight: Modernity, Citizenship, and Hindu Nationalism: Hindu Mahasabha and Its 'Reorientation' Debate, 1947-52 - Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Chapter Nine: Bipolar Coalition System in Kerala: Carriers and Gatekeepers of Communal Forces in Politics - B.L. Biju Chapter Ten: The Ritual of Power and Power of the Ritual: An Interface between Religion and Politics - N. Sudhakar Rao and M. Ravikumar Part IV Religious Practices of the Diaspora Chapter Eleven: Cultural Reproduction and the Reconstruction of Identities in the Indian Diaspora - Aparna Rayaprol Chapter Twelve: Durability and Change: Anglo-Indian Religious Practice in India and the Diaspora - Brent Howitt Otto and Robin Andrews Notes on Editors and Contributors Index