Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800

Name: Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800
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ISBN: 9780195678765

ISBN-10: 0195678761

ISBN-13: 9780195678765

Edition: 2004

Authors: David N. Lorenzen

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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…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



General Editors'


Preface


Introduction


Alvars and Nayanars


Conversion to Islam


Rama and the Muslims


Kabir and the Sants


Historical Overviews


Index


Notes on Contributors