Religious movements in South Asia, 600-1800
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Religious movements in South Asia, 600-1800
（Oxford in India readings）（Oxford India paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 2005, c2004
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"First published 2004"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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'It provides a picture, fascinating...of some of the religious movements in Indian history.' - The book Review
This book addresses a range of debates regarding religious movements in the medieval and early modern periods. Eleven key essays debate the linkages between the religious and worldly aims of different movements and the continuity and change in their ideologies, social bases, and organizational structures over time. They present divergent views on important issues such as the relationship between caste and the sect, the idea of renunciation, the role of the Sufis in the conversion to Islam in
medieval India, and the ways in which many South Asian popular movements emerged and gathered force.
In an insightful introduction by David Lorenzen, each debate is discussed in its historical and theoretical context. The influence of Dumont, Engels, and Weber on our understanding of the nature of religious movemtns in and beyond the South Asia is also analysed. Part of the pr estigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume will be useful for students, scholars and teachers of medieval and early modern India, as well as those interested in religious studies, comparative
religion, sociology, and anthropology.
Table of Contents
- GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- ALVARS AND NAYANARS
- CONVERSION TO ISLAM
- RAMA AND THE MUSLIMS
- KABIR AND THE SANTS
- HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS
- INDEX
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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