• 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
• BISAC Subject(s): History

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, Professor, Max-Weber-Kolleg Universitat Erfurt, Vasudha Dalmia, Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Martin Fuchs holds the Professorship for Indian Religious History at the Max-Weber-Kolleg (Max Weber Centre for
Advanced Cultural and Social Studies), University of Erfurt (Germany), and is member of the M.S. Merian - R. Tagore
International Centre of Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences 'Metamorphoses of the Political'
(ICAS: MP) in Delhi (India). Trained in Anthropology and Sociology he previously taught at the Universities of Zuerich (Switzerland), Heidelberg and Paderbor (Germany), Free University Berlin, Central European University, Budapest (Hungary), and University of Canterbury in Christchurch (New Zealand). His research interests include cultural and social theory, urban anthropology, social movements, Dalit studies and religious individualization; his regional focus is on India

Vasudha Dalmia is Professor Emerita, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.