The Religious Spiritual, and the Secular - Auroville and Secular India

An account of the city of Auroville, the vision of founder and well-known guru Sri Aurobindo. Auroville's eventual takeover and the promotion of its goals by the Indian government leads to a thought-provoking discussion of the meaning of "secularism" in India.
The Religious, the Spiritual, and the Secular presents an account of Auroville, a city in contemporary southeast India, and the vision of founder and well-known guru Sri Aurobindo. Auroville's eventual takeover and the promotion of its goals by the Indian government leads to a thought-provoking discussion of the meaning of "secularism" in India.

About the author

Robert N. Minor is Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Kansas and author of several books, including Modern Indian Interpreters of the Bhagavadgita and Radhakrishnan: A Religious Biography, both published by SUNY Press, and Sri Aurobindo: The Perfect and the Good.

Product details

• Authors: Robert N Minor, Robert N. Minor
• Publisher: Global Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.1998
• EAN: 9780791439913
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3991-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Suny Series, Religious Studies; Suny Series in Religious Studi; Suny Series, Religious Studies; Suny Religious Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous