Traditions in motion : religion and society in history
A collection of 13 essays, this title demonstrates traditions - religious, architectural, textual - in motion in South Asia, through the historical period to contemporary times, presenting viewpoints of those outside as well as of believers from inside the traditions.
viii, 343 p.
9780195669152, 0195669150
475021201
INTRODUCING TRADITIONS IN MOTION: SATISH SABERWAL AND SUPRIYA VARMA; BEFORE HISTORY: DEFINING TRADITION: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: JAYA MENON AND SUPRIYA VARMA; PRINCIPALLY TEXTS: INVOKING AUTHORITY: INVESTIGATING THE SASTRAS: KUMKUM ROY; THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF TRADITION : THE RAMAYANA NARRATIVE IN TWO MOMENTS: UMA CHAKRAVARTI; THE ENCOUNTER OF THE SANT AND THE DACOIT: ANINDITA MUKHOPADHYAY; INVOKING SORROW: MARSIYA IN NORTH INDIA: MADHU TRIVEDI; TEXTS/INSTITUTIONS/PRACTICES: DEFINING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN AMERICA: THE CASE OF AMERICAN BUDDHISM: GREGORY D. ALLES; PURANIC RELIGION: THE EVOLUTION OF THE TAMIL SAIVA TRADITION: R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI; SUFISM AND SIKHISM: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF TRADITION AND CHANGE IN THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF SINDHI HINDUS: ANITA RAINA THAPAN; UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONS: STATE, CULTS AND LEGITIMACY IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL MAHARASHTRA: AJAY DANDEKAR; EXCAVATING IDENTITY THROUGH TRADITION: WHO WAS SHIVAJI?: ANANYA VAJPEYI; INTEGRAT; ION AND SEPARATION OF TRADITIONS: MUSLIMS AND HINDUS IN COLONIAL INDIA: SATISH SABERWAL; SPEAKING OF FAITH: A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION: ERROL D LIMA; FAITH, REASON AND RELIGIOUS TRADITION: CELEBRATING SYNTHESIS GANDHI S SYNTHESIS: RUDOLF C. HEREDIA