Studies in religion and the everyday /
"The volume is a collection of essays that address the contours of religious belief and practice in the context of everyday life in India. The chapters, taken together, present a multidisciplinary approach to the study of religion in India that will enable a reconceptualization of religion--as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in contemporary Indian society.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The volume is a collection of essays that address the contours of religious belief and practice in the context of everyday life in India. The chapters, taken together, present a multidisciplinary approach to the study of religion in India that will enable a reconceptualization of religion--as both belief and practice--in a rapidly changing and modernizing postcolonial society that is also attentive to historical context. By bringing together studies that draw from diverse methodological and epistemological approaches in the social sciences, the book will serve as a useful introduction to the study of religion in India for the general reader and as an indispensable resource for students and researchers. The chapters focus on questions of religiosity, belief, law, civil society, worship, and devotion as they are experienced and manifested in the context of the everyday. The 'everyday' is a key conceptual and methodological tool that brings together this collection of essays that marks a departure from approaching the question of religion through the lens of identity and conflict alone." -- |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2024. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198902805 0198902808 0198902794 9780198902799 |