Religion and modernity in India / edited by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Aloka Parasher Sen.

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Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: vi, 323 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

9780199467785
0199467781

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DDC classification:

954 23 BAN

Contents:

Part One. Modernity, Religion, and Secularism Part Two. Modernity, Religion, and the Communities Part Three. Secularism, Religion, and Politics Part Four. Religious Practices of the Diaspora

Summary: Through a series of case studies taken from everyday experiences of people following a variety of religions, this book interrogates the supposed epistemological dualism between modernity and religion in India. Through a study of oral and textual traditions, examining the perspectives of women and other marginal social and regional groups, as well as the diaspora, it presents dynamically interacting textures of society-historically and in our contemporary times-engaging with modernity in divergent ways.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	954 BAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34326

Part One. Modernity, Religion, and Secularism Part Two. Modernity, Religion, and the Communities Part Three. Secularism, Religion, and Politics Part Four. Religious Practices of the Diaspora

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Through a series of case studies taken from everyday experiences of people following a variety of religions, this book interrogates the supposed epistemological dualism between modernity and religion in India. Through a study of oral and textual traditions, examining the perspectives of women and other marginal social and regional groups, as well as the diaspora, it presents dynamically interacting textures of society-historically and in our contemporary times-engaging with modernity in divergent ways.

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