| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Becoming sufficiently developed in Himachal Pradesh, or How religion became problem -- God is a beggar : land reforms create religion as a separate sphere -- The ordinary miraculous : farmers and pharmacists practice the science of religion -- Managing religion : government, gurs, and gods -- Negotiating religion : normalization, abjection, and enrichment -- Cultivating religion amidst the conflicting desires of goats, gods, and government -- Afterword : religion is a verb |
| Summary |
"Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a Secular Age narrates their discovery and the ways it transformed their relations to their pasts, to themselves, and to others. And as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity more generally. Tracing the emergence of religion as a widely accepted category, Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. To become modern ethical subjects is to become religious, and this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
academic |
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archival |
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colonialism |
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colony |
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community |
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conversion |
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development |
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eastern religion |
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eastern world |
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ethics |
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ethnography |
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himachal pradesh |
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himalayas |
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independence |
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india |
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indian independence |
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modern world |
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modernity |
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religion |
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religious awakening |
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religious convert |
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religious studies |
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research |
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scholarly |
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secular world |
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secular |
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self discovery |
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social studies |
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transformation |
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world history |
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world religion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Himachal Pradesh (India) -- Religion -- 20th century
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Himachal Pradesh (India) -- Religion -- 21st century
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| Subject |
India -- Himachal Pradesh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520964648 |
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0520964640 |
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