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Reform, identity and narratives of belonging : the Heraka movement in Northeast India /

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. Drawing upon critical studies of 'religion', cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism, archival research in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Longkumer, Arkotong
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
Series:Continuum advances in religious studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Circling the altar stone : Bhuban Cave and the symbolism of religious traditions
  • Millenarianism and refashioning the social fabric
  • Changing cosmology and the process of reform
  • Negotiating boundaries
  • Community imaginings and the ideal of heguangram.