Religion in India: A Historical Introduction

logian. His writings in “church Sanskrit” reflected a “theology” of concilia- tion, in which he sought to present Christianity a ...

for example, a spirit of egalitarianism, and self-giving service. Institutions of social activism were formed. Strategies of com ...

a simple lifestyle as he experimented with approaches that would combine indigenous health practices with religious orientations ...

Where the mind is led forward by thee into everwidening thought and action – Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my coun ...

restricted from political activity. Yet he served as president of the Hindu Mahasabha for seven years, one of the most militant ...

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9 Religion in Contemporary India The context The practice of religion Pilgrimages and festivals Va ̄ra ̄n.asi Pal ̄ ani, Tamil N ...

Pakistan would become Bangladesh in 1971. At the time of the partition, many families, Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh, voluntarily or i ...

helping to elect twenty-seven women to the national lower house (Lak Sabha) and 105 women to state assemblies.^2 Similarly, the ...

is that some people experience what might be called a global consciousness. But globalization can be measured in different ways: ...

The practice of religion The most visible and common way in which religion is expressed on the subcontinent is in its practice, ...

Hardiwar, or Rameshwaram because of their geographical and mythological significance nationwide. Pilgrims to these centers are o ...

straight to the land of the ancestors. The orthoprax come to Va ̄ra ̄n.ası ̄ to performs ́raddhaor memorial rituals for their de ...

Pal ̄ ani, Tamil Nadu Yet another pilgrimage center (of the many that could be described) is Pal ̄ ani in the state of Tamil Nad ...

twentieth century. The temple complex, as a result, is an amalgam of classical and folk, pan-Hindu and regional, relatively anci ...

activity and the consumption of meat and alcohol. They wear black shirts and call each other by the name of their deity Ayyappan ...

pestilence of the plague infected the Hyderabad area, the feeding of goddesses took on greater import. As village people trickle ...

Bonalu is like a garland of individual celebrations continuing over the space of several weeks. Families and neighborhoods come ...