This book discusses the ideologies of secularism and fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India, covering Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. It has a new preface where the author revisits the debate on secularism inIndia and contemporarises it for the reader. It also has two new appendices on secularism. INDICE: Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; 1.: Introduction: Scope, Concepts, Method; 2.: The Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism; 3.: The Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalisms, Old and New; 4.: Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism; 5.: Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism; 6.: The Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism; 7.: The Hindu Religious Tradition: revivalism and Fundamentalism; 8.: The Crisis of Indian Secularism; Epilogue; Appendix I: Secularism in its Place; Appendix II: Secularism Revisited: Doctrine of Destiny or Political Ideology?; Glossary; References; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806510-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 21/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés