• ISBN13: 9780198081685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Pages: 472
• Original Price: INR 1295.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams

Religions in South Asia have tended to be studied in blocks, whether in the various monolithic traditions in which they are now regarded—hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and Christian or indeed in temporal blocks ancient, medieval and modern. Analyzing Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, Islamic and Christian traditions, this volume seeks to look at relationships both within and between religions focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. The chapters explore not only the diversity and the multiplicity within each block, but also the specific forms of their coexistence with each other, whether in accord or in antagonism. The volume also views the interaction between ‘reformed’ and non-reformed branches within each of these purported monolithic. In going beyond existing debates on religious reform movements, the authors highlight the new forms acquired by religions and the ways in which they relate to each other, society and politics.

Martin Fuchs is trained in both anthropology and sociology. He holds the professorship for Indian religious history at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany. Vasudha Dalmia is professor emerita of Hindi and modern South Asian studies at the University of California at Berkeley, USA. Contributors: Milinda Banerjee Anne Bigelow Catherine Clémentin-Ojha John E. Cort Gita Dharampal-Frick David Gilmartin Monika Horstmann Barbara D. Metcalf Anne Murphy George Oommen Srilata Raman Kumkum Sangari.