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Becoming religious in a secular age /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elmore, Mark, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.