Organizing Jainism in India and England / Marcus Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Marcus.

Series:

Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jainism--India--Jāmnagar.

Jainism.

Jainism--England--Leicester.

Jāmnagar (India)--Religion.

Jāmnagar (India).

Leicester (England)--Religion.

Leicester (England).

England--Leicester.

India--Jāmnagar.

Physical Description:

xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1992.

Summary:

This is one of the first book-length studies of the Jains as a migrant group overseas, where they are studied in their own right rather than simply as an ethnic minority. The author describes the religious and caste organizations of the Jains. He also examines the use and transformation of urban space by religious and other groups, and he concludes with comments on the definition of religion and religious identity. The study will be valuable both for its documentation of a small but influential population and for its direct comparison of aspects of communal and religious organization in India and elsewhere.

Notes:

Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cambridge, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198273886

OCLC:

25247269