Bhakti religion in North India : community identity and political action

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Bhakti religion in North India : community identity and political action

edited by David N. Lorenzen

（SUNY series in religious studies）

State University of New York Press, c1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies and index

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In India, religion continues to be an absolutely vital source for social as well as personal identity. All manner of groups--political, occupational, and social--remain grounded in specific religious communities. This book analyzes the development of the modern Hindu and Sikh communities in North India starting from about the fifteenth century, when the dominant bhakti tradition of Hinduism became divided into two currents: the sagun and the nirgun. The sagun current, led mostly by Brahmins, has remained dominant in most of North India and has served as the ideological base of the development of modern Hindu nationalism. Several chapters explore the rise of this religious and political movement, paying particular attention to the role played by devotion to Ram. Alternative trends do exist in sagun tradition, however, and are represented here by chapters on the low-caste saint Chokhamel and the tantric sect founded by Kina Ram. The nirgun current, led mostly by persons of Ksand artisan castes, formed the base of both the Sikh community, founded by Guru Nanak, and of various non-Brahmin sectarian movements derived from such saints as Kabir, Raidas, Dadu, and Shiv Dayal Singh. Two chapters discuss the formation of a distinctive Sikh theology and a Sikh community identity separate from that of the Hindus. Other chapters discuss the validity of the sagun-nirgun distinction within Hindu tradition and the interplay of social and religious ideas in nirgun hagiographic texts and in sectarian movements such as the Adi Dharma Mission and the Radhasoami Satsang.

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A Note on Transliteration Preface Introduction The Historical Vicissitudes of Bhakti Religion, David N. Lorenzen Part I: Community Identity The Making of a Religious Paradox: Sikh Khalsa, Sahajdhari as Modes of Early Sikh Identity Harjot Oberoi The Social Significance of Radhasoami Mark Juergensmeyer Sanskritization, Caste Uplift, and Social Dissidence inthe Sant Ravidas Panth Joseph Schaller The Instability of the King: Magical Insanity and the Yogis' Power in the Politics of Jodhpur, 1803-1843 Daniel Gold The Kina Rami: Aughar and Kings in the Age of Cultural Contact Roxanne Poormon Gupta Part II: Theology The Theology of the Locative Case in Sacred Sikh Scripture (Gurabani) Michael C. Shapiro The Nirgun /Sagun Distinction in Early Manuscript Anthologies of Hindu Devotion John Stratton Hawley The Lives of Nirguni Saints David N. Lorenzen Chokhamela : Piety and Protest Eleanor Zelliot The Avatar Doctrine in the Kabir Panth Uma Thukral The Vitality of the Nirgun Bhajan: Sampling the Contemporary Tradition Edward O. Henry Part III: Political Action Interpreting Ramraj :Reflections on the Ramayana, Bhakti, and Hindu Nationalism Philip Lutgendorf The Politics of Devotion to Rama Peter van der Veer Social Identities, Hindu Fundamentalism, and Politics in India Susana B. C. Devalle List of Contributors Index

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