Religious Traditions in South Asia: Interaction and Change / Edition 1

by Geoffrey A. Oddie

Overview

These studies focus on questions of religious interaction and change in India from the sixth century B.C. to the present day. They represent the work of scholars in a range of disciplines and who are resident mostly in Australia

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700704217
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/19/1998
Series:	Religion and Society in South Asia Series
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1560L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Problems of the interpretation of the data pertaining to religious interaction in ancient India - the conversion stories in the Sutta Nipata, Greg Bailey; Islamization in South Asia with special reference to the Bengali-speaking region - a conceptual and historical revaluation, Asmin Roy; Millenarianism in India - the movement of Birsa Munda, Victoria Luker; the negative component of Hindu consciousness, Kenneth W. Jones; the role of science in the Hindu-Christian encounter, Lynette E.L. Thistlethwayte; the great gulf fixed - Samuel Stokes and the brotherhood of the imitation of Jesus, William Emilsen; Swami Abhisiktananda (Henri Le Saux, OSB) and Advaita - the account of a spiritual journey, Michael Comans; patience with the weak, Eric J. Sharpe; Leipzig Lutherans and the caste question in 19th-century South India, Eric J. Sharpe; vision at Velim - the meaning of a miracle in Goa, Robert S. Newman.

Editorial Reviews

'This is an important book.' - Amalendu Misra, Journal of Asian History

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