Faith and social movements : religious reform in contemporary India /

Discusses the relevance of the reigning paradigms of Sanskritization and Islamization in the study of religious movements.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chakrabarti, Anindita (Of IIT Kanpur) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Svadhyaya ethics and the spirit of voluntarism
  • Theologies of self-reform: what transforms the cross?
  • Praxis of an emergent congregation: metaphysics reform and rebirth
  • The structure of Lokasam.graha: volunteers, networks and training
  • Succession, routinization of charisma and judicial religion
  • The Tablighi Jamaat's call for self-reform
  • Pedagogy of Tablighi reform: mission and the messenger
  • 'Unintended consequences' of piety and discourses of Islamic reform
  • Religion, movements, and secularity.