Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India
"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Further subjects: | B
Asian History
B Humanities B Regional and national history B Religion and beliefs B History of religion B Religion B Hinduism B RELIGION ; Hinduism ; History B Hinduism (India, South) B Religious Pluralism B South India B History B India, South Religion B Religious Pluralism (India, South) B History: specific events and topics B India, South B Social and cultural history B Electronic books B Religion: general |
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| Summary: | "Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M. Fisher argues that it is the plurality of Hindu religious identities, and their embodiment and contestation in public space, that first reveals the emergence of Hinduism as a unified religion in south India and an integral feature of a distinctively Indic early modernity prior to British Colonialism."--Provided by publisher "Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M. Fisher argues that it is the plurality of Hindu religious identities, and their embodiment and contestation in public space, that first reveals the emergence of Hinduism as a unified religion in south India and an integral feature of a distinctively Indic early modernity prior to British Colonialism."--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520293010 |