TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robinson,Rowena
AU  - Venugopal,C.N.
TI  - Sociology of religion in India
T2  - Themes in Indian sociology
SN  - 0761997814
AV  - BL2003 .S63 2004
U1  - 306.60954 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - India
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Rowena Robinson--; Section I; Religion, society and national identity--; 1; Visions of nationhood and religiosity; Proshanta Nandi--; 2; National integration and religion; A; R; Desai--; 3; Religion and economic development; M; S; A; Rao--; 4; The Indo-Islamic tradition; A; R; Momin--; 5; Ethnic Process and Minority Identity: A Comparative Study of Muslims and Christians of UP; Nirmala Srinivasan--; Section II; Sects, cults, shrines and the making of traditions--; 6; Manipur Vaishnavism: A sociological interpretation; Kunj Behari Singh --; 7; Factor of anti-pollution in the ideology of the Lingayat movement; C N Venugopal--; 8; The immortal cowherd and the saintly carrier: An essay in the study of cults; Ursula Sharma--; 9; Emergence of shrines in rural Tamil Nadu: A study of Little traditions; L Thara Bhai, --; Section III; Religious conversion in India: Some sociological issues--; 10 Some neglected aspects of the conversion of Goa: A socio-historical --; perspective; Rowena Robinson--; 11; The first Protestant Mission to India: Its social and religious --; developments; D Dennis Hudson--; 12; Issues of Christianity in Colonial Chhattisgarh; Saurabh Dube--; 13; Emancipation through proselytism? Some reflections on the marginal status of the Depressed Classes; N Jayaram--; Section IV; Religion beyond India's borders--; 14; Religion and language in the formation of nationhood in Pakistan and Bangladesh; Tanveer Fazal--; 15; The Influence of Indian Islam on Fundamentalist Trends in Trinidad and Tobago; Nasser Mustapha--; 16; Religious resurgence in contemporary United States: A view from India; Ananta Giri
N2  - "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
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