Bhakti religion in North India : community identity and political action / edited by David N. Lorenzen. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorenzen, David N.

Series:

SUNY series in religious studies

SUNY series in religious studies Bhakti religion in North India

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Social aspects.

Hinduism.

Sikhism--Social aspects.

Sikhism.

Bhakti.

Religion and politics--India.

Religion and politics.

Hinduism--Social aspects--India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 331 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

The making of a religious paradox : Sikh Khālsā, Sahajdhārī as modes of early Sikh identity / Harjot Oberoi

The social significance of Radhasoami / Mark Juergensmeyer

Sanskritization, caste uplift, and social dissidence in the Sant Ravidās Panth / Joseph Schaller

The instablility of the king : magical insanity and the Yogi's power in the politics of Jodhpur, 1803-1843 / Daniel Gold

The Kīnā Rāmī : aughars and kings in the age of cultural contact / Roxanne Poorman Gupta

The theology of the locatve case in sacred Sikh scripture (Gurabānī) / Michael C. Shapiro

(cont.) The Nirgun/Sagun distinction in early manuscript anthologies of Hindu devotion / John Stratton Hawley

The lives of Nirgunī saints / David N. Lorenzen

Chokhāmelā : piety and protest / Eleanor Zelliot

The avatar doctrine in the Kabīr Panth / Uma Thukral

The vitality of the Nirgun Bhajan : sampling the contemporary tradition / Edward O. Henry

Interpreting Rāmrāj : reflections on the Rāmāyana, Bhakti, and Hindu nationalism

The politics of devotion to Rāma / Peter van der Veer

Social identities, Hindu fundamentalism, and politics in India / Susana B. C. Devalle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-4384-1126-X

0-585-04526-7