Religious Faith, Ideology, Citizenship: The View from Below

by Nalini Rajan, V. Geetha, Va Kita

This book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415677858
• ISBN13: 9780415677851
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"