Ancient to modern : religion, power, and community in India

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Ancient to modern : religion, power, and community in India

edited by Ishita Banerjee-Dube and Saurabh Dube

Oxford University Press, 2009

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Dedicated to David Lorenzen, this volume brings together new writings of many prominent historians including Romila Thapar, Champakalakshmi, Thomas Trautmann, John Straton Hawley, Frank F. Conlon, Ines Zupanov, Purushottam Agarawal. Together they negotiate different aspects of religion in the context of identity formulation and articulation of power. The essays cover the textual traditions, practice aspects and the anthropology of religion in India. They deal with critical issues like literature, religious practitioners, internal differentiation in the various religious traditions (with emphasis on rebel traditions), caste, class customs, interpretations. In their introduction, the editors outline the different components and manifestations of religion and also survey the writings on the subject.

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  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION BY ISHITA BANERJEE-DUBE AND SAURABH DUBE
  • CHAPTER 1. THE PURANAS: HERESY AND VAMSANUCARITA BY ROMILA THAPAR
  • CHAPTER 2. SANKARA AND PURANIC RELIGION BY R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI
  • CHAPTER 3. 'NEVER HAVE I SEEN SUCH YOGIS BROTHER': YOGIS, WARRIORS, AND SORCERERS IN ANCIENT INDIA BY DAVID GORDON WHITE
  • CHAPTER 4. VISUALIZATIONS OF THE HORRIFIC IN BUDDHIST TANTRIC LITERATURE BY BENJAMIN PRECIADO SOLIS
  • CHAPTER 5. IN SEARCH OF RAMANAND: THE GURU OF KABIR AND OTHERS BY PURUSHOTTAM AGRAWAL
  • CHAPTER 6. FIGHTING OVER KABIR'S DEAD BODY BY LINDA HESS
  • CHAPTER 7. ORIENTALIST MUSEUM: ROMAN MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS AND PRINTS BY INES G. ZUPANOV
  • CHAPTER 8. THE MISSIONARY AND THE ORIENTALIST BY THOMAS R. TRAUTMANN
  • CHAPTER 9. WITNESSING LIVES BY SAURABH DUBE
  • CHAPTER 10. SPEAKING OF CASTE? COLONIAL AND INDIGENOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF CASTE AND COMMUNITY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY BOMBAY BY FRANK F. CONLON
  • CHAPTER 11. SANATANA DHARMA AS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGAN: TWO TEXTBOOKS, TWO LANGUAGES BY JOHN STRATTON HAWLEY
  • CHAPTER 12. CUSTOMS AND CANONS: BHIMA BHOI IN THE LITERARY TRADITION OF ORISSA BY ISHITA BANERJEE-DUBE
  • CHAPTER 13. LIVING ABOVE HIPPOPOTAMUS STREET: RELIGION AND COMMUNITY IN WORKING-CLASS NORTH INDIA BY DANIEL GOLD.

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