Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India

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Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India

T.N. Madan

(Oxford India paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1998, c1997

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Bibliography: p. [285]-306

Includes index

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Description

Secularism or fundamentalism are presented in this book as modern ideologies that purvey mutually exclusive rival images of society. An insightful comparison of the Sikh, Islamic, and Hindu traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • Scope, Concepts and Methods
  • 2. Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism
  • 3. Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalism Old and New
  • 4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism
  • 5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism
  • 6. THe Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism
  • 7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalism
  • 8. The Crisis of Indian Secularism
  • 9. Epilogue
  • 10. Glossary
  • 11. References
  • 12. Index

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