Religious Nationalism - Hindus and Muslims in India

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List of contents

Preface
1. Religious Nationalism
2. Religious Formations
3· Ritual Communication
4· Peregrinations
5· Conceptions of Time
6. Words and Gestures
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Peter van der Veer is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Amsterdam and the author of Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre (1988).

Summary

Focuses on the relationship between religion and politics in India. This book brings together several disciplines - anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies - to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and print and visual media.

Product details

• Authors: Veer Peter Van Der, Peter van der Veer, Peter van der Veer
• Assisted by: Peter van der Veer (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.1994
• EAN: 9780520082564
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08256-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Islam / General, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, India, Spirituality & religious experience, Hinduism, Spirituality and religious experience