Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia

by Smith, Bardwell L.

• ISBN13: 9789004045101
• ISBN10: 9004045104
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Table of Contents

Religion, Social Conflict and the Problem of Identity in South Asia: an Interpretive Introduction	p. 1
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: Rebel Against Hindu Tradition	p. 13
The Izhavas of Kerala and Their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society	p. 24
Religion and the Secular: Categories for Religious Conflict and Religious Change in Independent India	p. 47
Dilemmas of Secularism in Bangladesh	p. 64
Land, Personhood, and Sorcery in a Sinhalese Village	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 95
References	p. 96
Aristocrats and Rituals in Contemporary Ceylon	p. 97
References	p. 100
Monastic and Lay Buddhism in the 1971 Sri Lanka Insurgency	p. 102
Index	p. 113
Contributors	p. 116
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