India's religions
Subtitle: perspectives from sociology and history
By: edited by T.N. Madan.
Contributors: Madan, T. N.
Series: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Religion and sociology -- India.; India -- Religion.
Description: Contributed articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The eucharist in a syrian Christian church / Susan Visvanathan; title: The food area in a hindu home / R.S. Khare; title: Death and cosmogony in Kashi / Jonathan P. Parry; title: Hindu worship / C.J. Fuller; title: Virashaiva devotion / A.K. Ramanujan; title: Faith and suffering in shia Islam / Akbar S. Ahmed; title: Jain monks / Lawrence A. Babb; title: Muslim spiritual masters / Desiderio Pinto; title: Sikh martyrs / Louis E. Fenech; title: Folklore / Viramma, Josiane Racine, and Jean-Luc Racine; title: Dharma / Gavin Flood; title: The Khalsa rahit / W.H. Mcleod; title: The Kabir-panth / David N. Lorenzen; title: The Ramakrishna Mission / Krishna Prakash Gupta; title: Ambedkar's Buddhism / Martin Fuchs; title: The South Indian temple : authority, honour, and redistribution / Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge; title: Church and community in Goa / Rowena Robinson; title: Religious devotion and politics at Hazratbal in Kashmir / Muhammad Ishaq Khan.