Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India

by Peter van der Veer

Book Overview

Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. Peter van der Veer's timely study on the relationship between religion and politics in India goes well beyond other books on this subject. He brings together several disciplines--anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies--to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and more recently, print...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520082567
• ISBN13: 9780520082564
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"