01898    a2200337   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001400150072001500164072001500179072001200194072001200206072001300218072001500231072002100246072002100267072002500288100003800313245008100351250000600432260003200438300001000470520104300480700002201523999001501545113887888X20250317100413.0250312042015GB                   eng    a9781138878884  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJP2thema7 aQR2thema7 aGTM2thema7 a1FK2bisac7 aJP2bic7 aHR2bic7 aGTB2bic7 a1FK2bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a306.6945095482bisac1 aKeith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell10aReligion and Public CulturebEncounters and Identities in Modern South India  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20150407  a260 p  bThe last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references.1 aJohn J. Paul4A01  c2591d2591