Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions

Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 471
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ISBN-10 : 9780429622069
ISBN-13 : 0429622066
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Synopsis Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions by : Knut A. Jacobsen

The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions presents critical research, overviews, and case studies on religion in historical South Asia, in the seven nation states of contemporary South Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, and in the South Asian diaspora. Chapters by an international set of experts analyse formative developments, roots, changes and transformations, religious practices and ideas, identities, relations, territorialisation, and globalisation in historical and contemporary South Asia. The Handbook is divided into two parts which first analyse historical South Asian religions and their developments and second contemporary South Asia religions that are influenced by both religious pluralism and their close connection to nation states and their ideological power. Contributors argue that religion has been used as a tool for creating nations as well as majorities within those nations in South Asia, despite their enormous diversity, in particular religious diversity. The Handbook explores these diversities and tensions, historical developments, and the present situation across religious traditions by utilising an array of approaches and from the point of view of various academic disciplines. Drawing together a remarkable collection of leading and emerging scholars, this handbook is an invaluable research tool and will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of Asian religion, religion in context, and South Asian religions.

The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia

The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781136727030
ISBN-13 : 1136727035
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia by : Ishtiaq Ahmed

The notion of a ‘politics of religion’ refers to the increasing role that religion plays in the politics of the contemporary world. This book presents comparative country case studies on the politics of religion in South and South Asia, including India, Pakistan and Indonesia. The politics of religion calls into question the relevance of modernist notions of secularism and democracy, with the emphasis instead on going back to indigenous roots in search of authentic ideologies and models of state and nation building. Within the context of the individual countries, chapters focus on the consequences that politics of religion has on inclusive nation-building, democracy and the rights of individuals, minorities and women. The book makes a contribution to both the theoretical and conceptual literature on the politics of religion as well as shed light on the implications and ramifications of the politics of religion on contemporary South Asian and South East Asian countries. It is of interest to students and scholars of South and South East Asian Studies, as well as Comparative Politics.

India's Agony Over Religion

India's Agony Over Religion
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 0791424111
ISBN-13 : 9780791424117
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Synopsis India's Agony Over Religion by : Gerald James Larson

Presents the contemporary religious crisis in India, providing historical perspective and focusing on the crises in Punjab, Kashmir, and Ayodhya.

The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia

The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 9780429015472
ISBN-13 : 042901547X
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Synopsis The Politics of Personal Law in South Asia by : Partha S. Ghosh

The viability of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has always been a bone of contention in socially and politically plural South Asia. It is entangled within the polemics of identity politics, minority rights, women’s rights, national integration, uniform citizenry and, of late, global Islamic politics and universal human rights. While champions of each category view the issue from their own perspectives, making the debate extremely complex, this book takes up the challenge of providing a holistic political analysis. As most of the South Asian states today subscribe to a decentralised view and share a common history, this study is an excellent comparative analysis of the applicability of the UCC. In this work, India figures prominently, being the most plural and vibrant democracy, as well as accounting for almost three-fourths of the region’s population. This provides the backdrop for an analysis of the other states in the region. This second edition will be indispensable for scholars, researchers and students of law, political science and South Asian Studies.

Rulers, Religion, and Riches

Rulers, Religion, and Riches
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781107036819
ISBN-13 : 110703681X
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Synopsis Rulers, Religion, and Riches by : Jared Rubin

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries

Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 0391041746
ISBN-13 : 9780391041745
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Al-Hind: The Slavic Kings and the Islamic conquest, 11th-13th centuries by : André Wink

During the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, Islamic conquest and trade laid the foundation for a new type of Indo-Islamic society in which the organizational forms of the frontier and of sedentary agriculture merged in a way that was uniquely successful in the late medieval world at large, setting the Indo-Islamic world apart from the Middle East and China in the same centuries.

Innovation in Religions Traditions

Innovation in Religions Traditions
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9783110876352
ISBN-13 : 3110876353
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Synopsis Innovation in Religions Traditions by : Michael A. Williams

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia

Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia
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Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : 9789814519649
ISBN-13 : 9814519642
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Religious Diversity in Muslim-majority States in Southeast Asia by : Bernhard Platzdasch

"This book fills a gap in authoritative analyses of the causes of inter-religious conflict and the practice of religious toleration. The rise of more overt expressions of Islamic piety and greater bureaucratization of Islam in both Indonesia and Malaysia over several decades have tested the "live and let live" philosophy which used to characterize religious expression in these nations. The analyses in each chapter of the book break new ground with contextualized studies of particular and recent incidents of conflict or harassment in a variety of areas – from urban centres to more remote and, even complex, locations. As these studies show, legislation stands or falls on the ability and determination of local authorities to enforce it. This volume is essential reading for understanding the dynamics of state-religious interaction in Muslim majority nations and the crucial role civil society organizations play in negotiating interfaith toleration." - Emeritus Professor Virginia Hooker FAHA, Department of Political & Social Change College of Asia & the Pacific, The Australian National University "A most welcome contribution to the academic discourse of political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia! For this volume focuses not on Islamic resurgence as many others have done, but on the impact of Islamic resurgence upon its non-Muslim minority counterparts - Buddhists, Christians, Hindus and also the Syiah Muslims - in the two plural societies, and the varying responses of those minorities, themselves often fragmented, to Islamic resurgence. The rich case studies highlight the changing character of politics in the two countries and their capacities to deal with religious diversity, an aspect of politics often ignored because of the usual concern for economic and political institutional capacities. The juxtaposition of Malaysian and Indonesian cases in a single volume and comparisons of contrasting developments in the two countries, challenges readers not to resort to easy conclusions and overgeneralizations about rising inter-religious tensions, but to give more scholarly attention to this politics-religion diversity nexus." - Emeritus Professor Francis Loh Kok Wah, Department of Political Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia