Sociology of religion in India /
editor, Rowena Robinson ; foreword by C.N. Venugopal.
- 359 pages ; 23 cm.
- Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 3 .
- Themes in Indian sociology ; v. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Religion, society and national identity-- Visions of nationhood and religiosity / National integration and religion / R. Desai-- Religion and economic development / S. A. Rao-- The Indo-Islamic tradition / R. Momin-- Ethnic Process and Minority Identity: A Comparative Study of Muslims and Christians of UP / Sects, cults, shrines and the making of traditions-- Manipur Vaishnavism: A sociological interpretation / Factor of anti-pollution in the ideology of the Lingayat movement / The immortal cowherd and the saintly carrier: An essay in the study of cults / Emergence of shrines in rural Tamil Nadu: A study of Little traditions / Religious conversion in India: Some sociological issues-- The first Protestant Mission to India: Its social and religious -- Issues of Christianity in Colonial Chhattisgarh / Emancipation through proselytism? Some reflections on the marginal status of the Depressed Classes / Religion beyond India's borders-- Religion and language in the formation of nationhood in Pakistan and Bangladesh / The Influence of Indian Islam on Fundamentalist Trends in Trinidad and Tobago / Religious resurgence in contemporary United States: A view from India / Rowena Robinson-- Proshanta Nandi-- A. M. A. Nirmala Srinivasan-- Kunj Behari Singh -- C N Venugopal-- Ursula Sharma-- L Thara Bhai, -- Rowena Robinson-- D Dennis Hudson-- Saurabh Dube-- N Jayaram-- Tanveer Fazal-- Nasser Mustapha-- Ananta Giri. Section I: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Section II: 6. 7. 8. 9. Section III: 10 Some neglected aspects of the conversion of Goa: A socio-historical -- perspective / 11. developments / 12. 13. Section IV: 14. 15. 16.
"In South Asia, religion plays a significant role in the cohesion and operation of identities. Ethic and religious identities rarely disappear with modernity. Rather, modernity refashions religious identities in various ways. Sociologists have acknowledged the importance of the role of religion and are increasingly factoring it into their accounts. This volume is, therefore, of great value. The articles selected look at religious customs and traditions, conversion and national identity, sectarian conflict and fundamentalism - issues that bear not only upon local and regional contexts but have wider implications as well."--Publisher's description.