The Crisis of Secularism in India

by Anuradha Dingwaney Needham

While secularism has been integral to India's democracy for more than fifty years, its uses and limits are now being debated anew. Signs of a crisis in the relations between state, society, and religion include the violence directed against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and the precarious situation of India's minority religious groups more generally; the existence of personal laws that vary by religious community; the affiliation of political parties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338467
• ISBN13: 9780822338468
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"