Hindu Pluralism: Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India

In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine M. Fisher complicates the traditional scholarly narrative of the unification of Hinduism. By calling into question the colonial categories implicit in the term “sectarianism,” Fisher’s work excavates the pluralistic textures of precolonial Hinduism in the centuries prior t...

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Main Author: Fisher, Elaine (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] University of Californiarnia Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Further subjects:B Religion & beliefs
B Humanities
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