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Hindu pluralism : religion and the public sphere in early modern South India /

"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, Elaine M., 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:
Hinduism > India, South.
Religious pluralism > India, South.
India, South > Religion.
Hinduism.
Religion.
Religious pluralism.
India, South.
RELIGION / Hinduism / History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Hindu sectarianism: difference in unity
  • "Just like K�alid�asa": the making of the Sm�arta-�Saiva community of South India
  • Public philology: constructing sectarian identities in early modern South India
  • The language games of �Saiva: mapping text and space in public religious culture
  • Conclusion: a prehistory of Hindu pluralism.