3 edition of Rethinking religion in India found in the catalog.
Published
2010
by Routledge in London, New York
.
Written in English
This study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | edited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens and Rajaram Hegde |
| Series | Routledge South Asian religion series -- 4 |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | BL1151.5 .R48 2010 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xv, 192 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 192 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL24476304M |
| ISBN 10 | 041554890X |
| ISBN 10 | 9780415548908 |
| LC Control Number | 2009025369 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 311757330 |
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Table of Contents. Notes on the contributors Preface - Rajaram Hegde Acknowledgements Introduction: Rethinking Religion in India - Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch Part I: Historical and Empirical Arguments and Others - David N. Lorenzen Religious Identity with Special Reference to the Origin and Significance of the Term ‘Hinduism’, c.
- Geoffrey A. Oddie 3. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism. Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the by: Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism - Google Books This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism.
Increasingly scholars. The other chapters are by scholars based elsewhere, several of them leading authorities on Hinduism. Many edited volumes are uneven in content and quality, but they are rarely as uneven as Rethinking Religion in India, in which some chapters fall below the standard expected in books.
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Th e book is divided into two parts, with Part I, “Historical and Empirical Arguments,” containing five articles Author: Lavanya Vemsani. Angulimala’s story is found in two places in the Pali in in the Angulimala Sutta, which is the 86th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya, and the story is also told in the Theragatha, which is part of the Khuddaka Nikaya.
Here is the story as told in the Angulimala Sutta. Angulimala’s Story. Once when the Buddha was staying in the monastery built by Anathapindika, he arose one. The chapter aims to address some of the issues raised in the debate on the ‘Construction of Hinduism’.
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This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism. Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the argument.
Rethinking Religion in India. Routledge Brand: Taylor And Francis. Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism (Routledge South Asian Religion Series) Synopsis This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism.
This volume offers new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India and will be of interest to scholars of the. Rethinking Religion in India This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism.
Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the argument. This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory.
According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however. Bloch, Esther, Marianne Keppens, and Rajaram Hegde, eds. “Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism.” Routledge South Asian Religion Series.
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Bringing together the different positions in the debate, it provides necessary historical data, arguments and conceptual tools to examine the argument. Introduction: rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch -- Hindus and others / David N.
Lorenzen -- Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos -- Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Women, the freedom movement.
Rethinking Religion in India. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Rethinking Religion in India forms a five-year international conference cluster. It is jointly organised by the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap (Ghent University, Belgium), the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (Kuvempu University, India) and the Karnataka Academy of Social Sciences and.
ISBN: X OCLC Number: Description: xv, pages ; 25 cm. Contents: Introduction: rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch --Hindus and others / David N.
Lorenzen --Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. / Geoffrey A. Oddie.Religious Studies Review. Vol Issue 1. Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism – Edited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens, and Rajaram Hegde.
Frederick M. Smith. University of Iowa. Search for more papers by this author. Frederick M. Smith.OCLC Number: Description: vi,54 pages ; 23 cm: Contents: The Christian movement in India / G.V.
Job. --Jesus and non-Christian faiths / P. ChenchiahRelation of Christianity to non-Christian faiths / V. ChakkaraiThe church / P. ChenchiahThe Church / V. ChakkaraiThe south India church union movement / D.M. DevasahayamChurch union: a study of underlying ideas / P.
