Madan, T. N. Primary Author mixed material bibliography Oxford University Press 1997 en English

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xvii, 13,8 cm x 21,6 cm, 460 pg Religion in India attempts to capture the great diversity of religious phnomena in India. All the great religions of the world - Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are found within the geographical confines of the country, affecting the lives of its people in a vital way. Religion is a central concern in sociological and anthropological investigations and this volume tries to cover all the major theoretical approaches to its study evolutionary, functionalist, structuralist, cultural analytical, phenomenological and hermeneutic. The readings have been organized under five sections: Sacred Knowledge, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, Sacred Person and Reorientations to the Sacred. They offer the best of recent work as well as some celebrated classical writings in the field. The volume editor has a long introduction followed by short section introduction explaining the ratioanale behind his selections in each section. He also intervenes explain the text when he feels it to be necessary in the form of editiorial notes. This paperback edition has an additional article. Each section ends with an annoted biblography of additional readings and there is an exhaustive bibliography at the end of the book. T. N. Madan Religion 200.954 9780195630923 PERPUSTAKAAN UHN I GUSTI BAGUS SUGRIWA DENPASAR Online Public Access Catalog 200.954 Mad-r B033592/23 Perpustakaan Pascasarjana 200.954 Mad-r c.1 B033593/23 Perpustakaan Pascasarjana 200.954 Mad-r c.2 Religion_in_India.jpg.jpg 4457 2023-11-14 14:31:12 2023-11-14 14:32:30 machine generated