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Colonialism, modernity, and religious identities : religious reform movements in South Asia / edited by Gwilym Beckerlegge.
Van Pelt Library BL1153.5 .C65 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism--India.
- Hinduism.
- Islam--Social aspects.
- Hinduism--Social aspects.
- India.
- Hinduism--Social aspects--India.
- Islam--India.
- Islam.
- Islam--Social aspects--India.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 274 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Contributed articles; chiefly on Hindu and Muslim reform movements of India.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Competition, Institution-building, and the Formulation of Religious Identities
- 1 From Communitas to Communalism: Evolving Muslim Loyalties in Princely North India / Ian Copland 23
- 2 Islam, Irrigation, and Religious Identity: Canal Colonies and Muslim Revivalism in Multan / Diego Abenante 51
- 3 Idolatry, Syncretism, and Anti-syncretism in Hindu Reform Movements of the Nineteenth Century / Heinz Werner Wessler 76
- 4 The 'Faith Bureaucracy' of the Tablighi Jama`at: An Insight into their System of Self-organization (Intizam) / Dietrich Reetz 98
- 5 Bengal in Karnataka's Religious Reform Movement: A Case Study of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, 1890-1947 / Maruti T. Kamble 126
- Part 2 Responding to Colonial Modernity
- 6 How Favourable is Puritan Islam to Modernity? A Study of the Ahl-i Hadis in Late Nineteenth/Early Twentieth Century South Asia / Martin Riexinger 147
- 7 Continuity and Change in Women's Role in Indo-Muslim Society Seen through Female Members of the Tyabji Family / Daniela Bredi 166
- 8 New Religious Movements and their Interpretation of Ancient Scriptures: Two Texts on Feminine Divinity (Devimahatmya and Saundarya Lahari) / Hiltrud Rustau 183
- 9 The Swami and the Artist: The Use of Indian Art in Swami Vivekananda's Apologetics / Gwilym Beckerlegge 213
- 10 Shades of Orientalism: Paradoxes and Problems in Indian Historiography / Peter Heehs 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780195692143
- 0195692144
- OCLC:
- 184825626
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