Becoming Religious in a Secular Age /

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Religion is often viewed as a universally ancient element of the human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered its religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elmore, Mark (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction: What Is This Thing Called Religion?
  • 1. Becoming Sufficiently Developed in Himachal Pradesh, or How Religion Became a Problem
  • 2. God Is a Beggar: Land Reforms Create Religion as a Separate Sphere
  • 3. Ordinary Miraculousness: Farmers and Pharmacists Practice the Science of Religion
  • 4. Managing Religion: Government, Gūrs, and Gods
  • 5. Negotiating Religion: Normalization, Abjection, And Enrichment
  • 6. Cultivating Religion Amid The Conflicting Desires Of Goats, Gods, And Government
  • Afterword: Religion Is A Verb
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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