HISTORY UNVEILS THE DIVISIVE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF RELIGION
A land with a gigantic population and its connatural demographic diversity, which made India proud for ages as the home or cradle of many religions, seems a matter of both social shame and historical scandal that the same religions should lately be seen as a ground of national conflict and confronta...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2008, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 277-282 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion
B Politics |
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| Summary: | A land with a gigantic population and its connatural demographic diversity, which made India proud for ages as the home or cradle of many religions, seems a matter of both social shame and historical scandal that the same religions should lately be seen as a ground of national conflict and confrontation. The scandal seems more acute, when it is, at the same time, commonly mouthed that all religions are essentially the same, which is why they are categorized under religion. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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