Religion and Public Culture
Subtitle: Encounters and Identities in Modern South India
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: March 23, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780700711017
Subjects: Anthropology; Ethnic studies; Religions of Indic & Oriental origin; Social groups & communities; Sociology; Religion; India; Ethnic Studies - General; Sociology of Religion; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Eastern - General
Description: "The essays in this book consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references."--BOOK JACKET.