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Religious Movement In South Asia 600-1800
Author: David N. Lorenzen, Ed.
ISBN: 9780195678765
Binding: Paper Back
Publishing Year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number of Pages: 380
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INR 595.00
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"It provides a picture, fascinating...of some of the religious movements in Indian history." - "The Book Review." This book addresses a range of debates regarding religious movements in the medieval and early modern periods. Eleven key essays debate the linkages between the religious and worldly aims of different movements and the continuity and change in their ideologies, social bases, and organizational structures over time. They present divergent views on important issues such as the relationship between caste and the sect, the idea of renunciation, the role of the Sufis in the conversion to Islam in medieval India, and the ways in which many South Asian popular movements emerged and gathered force. In an insightful introduction by David Lorenzen, each debate is discussed in its historical and theoretical context. The influence of Dumont, Engels, and Weber on our understanding of the nature of religious movements in and beyond the South Asia is also analysed. Part of the prestigious "Debates in Indian History and Society" series, this volume will be useful for students, scholars and teachers of medieval and early modern India, as well as those interested in religious studies, comparative religion, sociology, and anthropology.
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