India's religions: perspectives from sociology and history
Contributed articles
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New Delhi [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Religion
/ Sociology
B Hinduism B India / Religion / History B India / Religious sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B India Religion B Religion and sociology India |
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| Summary: | Contributed articles |
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| Item Description: | The eucharist in a syrian Christian church / Susan Visvanathan -- The food area in a hindu home / R.S. Khare -- Death and cosmogony in Kashi / Jonathan P. Parry -- Hindu worship / C.J. Fuller -- Virashaiva devotion / A.K. Ramanujan -- Faith and suffering in shia Islam / Akbar S. Ahmed -- Jain monks / Lawrence A. Babb -- Muslim spiritual masters / Desiderio Pinto -- Sikh martyrs / Louis E. Fenech -- Folklore / Viramma, Josiane Racine, and Jean-Luc Racine -- Dharma / Gavin Flood -- The Khalsa rahit / W.H. Mcleod -- The Kabir-panth / David N. Lorenzen -- The Ramakrishna Mission / Krishna Prakash Gupta -- Ambedkar's Buddhism / Martin Fuchs -- The South Indian temple : authority, honour, and redistribution / Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge -- Church and community in Goa / Rowena Robinson -- Religious devotion and politics at Hazratbal in Kashmir / Muhammad Ishaq Khan Includes bibliographical references and index Formerly CIP Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0195668294 |