Routledge handbook of South Asian religions. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of South Asian religions; South Asian religions
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen.
• Editors: Jacobsen, Knut A, 1956-
• Contents: Historical and Contemporary South Asian Religions Knut A. Jacobsen Part I Historical South Asian Religions: Formative developments 1 The Veda Carlos A. Lopez 2 The rise of Classical Brahmanism Johannes Bronkhorst 3 Identity in Early Indian Religion Nathan McGovern 4 Dharma in Classical Hinduism David Brick and Donald R. Davis, Jr. 5 Reason, Dharma, and the discovery of Faith: Insights from the Modes of Classical Hinduism Sthaneshwar Timalsina 6 From Yajña to Pūjā? Marko Geslani 7 Early Pilgrimage Traditions in South Asia Knut A. Jacobsen 8 Sri Lanka's Place in the History of South Asian Buddhism Justin Henry 9 The Place of Historical Nepal in the History of South Asian Religions Axel Michaels 10 The Rise of Vaiṣṇava Devotion in North India: On the Origins of a Mughal Bhakti Sensibility Patton E. Burchett 11 Nāth Saṃpradāya and the Formation of Haṭha Yoga Practices in India Adrián Muñoz 12 Aurangzeb and Islam in India: 50 Years of Mughal Realpolitik Tilmann Kulke 13 The Territorialisation of Sikh Pasts Anne Murphy Part II Contemporary South Asian Religions: Religious pluralism 14 Dalits and religion: Anti-caste Movements in India Debi Chatterjee 15 The Betwixt and Between Religious Imaginary of Lāldās: Neither Here nor There Mukesh Kumar 16 Conversion and Christian Relations with Non-Christians in South Asia Chad M. Bauman 17 Science Sanskritised: How Modern Science Became a Handmaiden of Hindu Nationalism. Meera Nanda 18 Religion and Society in Pakistan: From Pīr ’s Domination to Individual Connected Piety Michel Boivin 19 Religion and Society in Bangladesh: Unpacking the Multilayered Relationships Ali Riaz 20 Religion and Society in Sri Lanka Peter Schalk 21 Religion and Secularism in Contemporary Nepal David N. Gellner and Chiara Letizia 22 The Transformation of Female Monastic Education in Contemporary Bhutan: If You Build Them, They Will Come Dorji Gyeltshen and Manuel Lopez 23 Regressing for Progress: Maldives Embraces a Salafi Future Azra Naseem 24 Festivals in South Asia: Celebrations of Local Communities Ute Hüsken 25 Indian Religions in the U.S. Prema Kurien 26 The Global Manifestation of the Hindu Guru Phenomenon Amanda Lucia
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 200.954; South Asia -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429619915; 9780429622069; 9780429617768; 9780429054853
• Related ISBNs: 9780367150778
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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