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Title Bhakti religion in North India : community identity and political action / edited by David N. Lorenzen
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 331 pages)
Series SUNY series in religious studies
SUNY series in religious studies.
Contents Introduction: The Historical Vicissitudes of Bhakti Religion / David N. Lorenzen -- The Making of a Religious Paradox: Sikh Khalsa, Sahajdhari as Modes of Early Sikh Identity / Harjot Oberoi -- The Social Significance of Radhasoami / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Sanskritization, Caste Uplift, and Social Dissidence in the Sant Ravidas Panth / Joseph Schaller -- The Instability of the King: Magical Insanity and the Yogis' Power in the Politics of Jodhpur, 1803-1843 / Daniel Gold -- The Kina Rami: Aughars and Kings in the Age of Cultural Contact / Roxanne Poormon Gupta -- The Theology of the Locative Case in Sacred Sikh Scripture (Gurabani) / Michael C. Shapiro -- The Nirgun/Sagun Distinction in Early Manuscript Anthologies of Hindu Devotion / John Stratton Hawley -- The Lives of Nirguni Saints / David N. Lorenzen -- Chokhamela: Piety and Protest / Eleanor Zelliot -- The Avatar Doctrine in the Kabir Panth / Uma Thukral -- The Vitality of the Nirgun Bhajan: Sampling the Contemporary Tradition / Edward O. Henry -- Interpreting Ramraj: Reflections on the Ramayana, Bhakti, and Hindu Nationalism / Philip Lutgendorf -- The Politics of Devotion to Rama / Peter van der Veer -- Social Identities, Hindu Fundamentalism, and Politics in India / Susana B.C. Devalle
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Hinduism -- Social aspects
Sikhism -- Social aspects
Bhakti.
Religion and politics -- India
bhakti.
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- History.
Bhakti
Hinduism -- Social aspects
Religion and politics
Sikhism -- Social aspects
Bhakti-Yoga
Bhakti
Bhakti.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Hinduism.
Hindouisme -- Aspect social.
Sikhisme -- Aspect social.
Bhakti.
Religion et politique -- Inde.
India
Indien -- Nord
Noord-India.
Indien <Nord>
Form Electronic book
Author Lorenzen, David N
LC no. 93041538
ISBN 0585045267
9780585045269