{"product_id":"indias-agony-over-religion","title":"India's Agony Over Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gerald James Larson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1997\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 390\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195640640\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a comprehensive study of the contemporary crisis about religion in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of ancient India's religious traditions are not only alive in modern India but also in conflict with one another. The most salient features of India's turmoil are the crisis with the Sikhs in the state of  Punjab, the crisis in the Muslim majority state of Jammu \u0026amp; Kashmir, the crisis between Hindus and Muslims over the Muslim Personal law, the crisis over caste-reservations and special privileges for other backward classes and the crisis between Hindus and Muslims over Babri Masjid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald James Larson's competence in classical Indology allows him to explain lucidly and perceptively the present situation. This book analyses these various crises by looking at the historical background and by examining what is meant by 'Secular state' in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will fascinate all readers concerned with the issues surrounding religion in politics and society in South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION : BEATING THE RETREAT\u003cbr\u003ePermanence's Amid the Inescapable Flux\u003cbr\u003ePresent-Day India : An Introductory Profile\u003cbr\u003eThe Terms \"State,\" \"Nation-State\" and \"Civilization\"\u003cbr\u003eTheoretical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2\u003cbr\u003eDISCONTINUITY AS CONTINUITY (i) : OLD INDIC FORMATIONS\u003cbr\u003eThe World Turned Upside Down\u003cbr\u003eTwo Metaphors : Fault Lines and Banyan Tree\u003cbr\u003eDiscontinuity as Continuity\u003cbr\u003eThe Indus Valley\u003cbr\u003eThe Indo-Brahmanical\u003cbr\u003eThe Indo-Sramanical\u003cbr\u003eThe Indic (Hindu-Buddhist-Jain)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3\u003cbr\u003eDISCONTINUITY AS CONTINUITY (ii) : NEW INDIC FORMATIONS\u003cbr\u003eThe Indo-Islamic\u003cbr\u003eThe Indo-Anglian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 4\u003cbr\u003eTHE MINORITY AS MAJORITY\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of Coherence in Indian History and Civilization\u003cbr\u003eFrameworks of Meaning in Conversation (Old Indic and New Indic)\u003cbr\u003eThe Problem of \"Religion\" in Indian History and Civilization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 5\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECULAR AS RELIGION AND THE COMMUNITY AS CITIZEN\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Hybrid Discourse of Modernity\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Secular\" as \"Religion\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Community as Citizen\u003cbr\u003eFive Current Crises\u003cbr\u003eThe Sikh Community in Punjab\u003cbr\u003eKashmiri Muslim Demands\u003cbr\u003eShah Bano Begum\u003cbr\u003eThe Mandal Commission\u003cbr\u003eAyodhya (Babri Masjid)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 6\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION : THE END AS THE BEGINNING\u003cbr\u003eTwo Closing Tasks\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Summary\u003cbr\u003eThe Search for a New Beginning\u003cbr\u003e\"Abide with meà\" \"Mother Great and Free\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gerald James Larson \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153539166576,"sku":"6681","price":36.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/6681.jpg?v=1793910851","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/indias-agony-over-religion","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}