Religious Controversy in British India: Dialogues in South Asian LanguagesKenneth W. Jones This book opens the doors to a social and cultural sphere beyond the limited world of the English-speaking elite and provides the basis for an understanding of religious controversy and internal reform. It explores the dynamics of religious interaction and conflict that points toward later developments of communalism and religious separatism still plaguing the subcontinent. Religious Controversy in British India reveals a world expressed in South Asian dialects that has been closed to many scholars and students of the subcontinent. During the nineteenth century polemical religious literature and those who wrote it mobilized groups and led them back to the "fundamentals." Sacred texts supporting movements were translated and made available in inexpensive editions. Even texts from the well established oral tradition were put into print. This process was often initiated in response to Christian missionary activity, a response that ultimately expanded to include other religions. In this book, scholars examine the writings of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs responsible for significant changes within different communities and for a heightened sense of boundary-defining identity. |
Contents
IV | 5 |
VII | 27 |
X | 52 |
XIII | 75 |
XIV | 77 |
XVI | 93 |
XVIII | 121 |
XIX | 123 |
XXIII | 151 |
XXVI | 179 |
XXVIII | 200 |
XXXI | 227 |
XXXII | 229 |
XXXV | 241 |
XXXVI | |
XXII | 149 |
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activities Agra arguments Arumuga Navalar Arumuga Pillai Ārumukanāvalar Carittiram Arya Samaj attack bahās became Bengal Bible Bombay Brahmans Brahmo Samaj British Calcutta Caritramu Chief Khalsa Diwan Christ Christian missionaries coastal Andhra controversy criticism cultural Dayananda debate Delhi Deoband discussion elite English Granth Guru Hindi Hindi aur Hindu Hinduism India Islam issues Jaffna Jesus journal Kandukuri Viresalingam Khalsa Diwan KVKG Lahore language leaders literature Madras Maharajah Righteous-Rule Marathi Maulana Mohan Singh Muhammad Muhammadi Begam Mumtaz Ali's Munshi Meheru'llah Muslim Nagari nineteenth century Persian Pfander polemical political Prasad Press Prophet published Punjab Qur'an Rajahmundry religion religious ritual salingam Sanskrit scholars script Shaiva Shaivism Sikh Sikhism Singh Sabha Sir Sayyid social reform society Swami tahrif Tahzib Tamil Tat Khalsa Telugu texts tion tracts tradition translation ulamā Upadhyaya Urdu Urdu's Veda Vedic vernacular verse Viresalingam Vishnubawa Brahmachari Wazir Khan women worship writings Zamiruddin
References to this book
Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam Since 1850 Ayesha Jalal No preview available - 2000 |