| Engaging South Asian Religions: Boundaries, Appropriations, and Resistances Contributor(s): Schmalz, Mathew N. (Editor), Gottschalk, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438433247 ISBN-13: 9781438433240 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - General - Religion | History - Religion | Eastern |
| Dewey: 200.954 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Hindu Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 253 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focusing on boundaries, appropriations, and resistances involved in Western engagements with South Asian religions, this edited volume considers both the pre- and postcolonial period in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. It pays particular attention to contemporary controversies surrounding the study of South Asian religions, including several scholars' reflection on the contentious reaction to their own work. Other chapters consider such issues as British colonial epistemologies, the relevance of Hegel for the study of South Asia, the canonization of Francis Xavier, feminist interpretations of the mother of the Buddha, and theological dispute among Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan. By using the themes of boundaries, appropriations and resistances, this work offers insight into the dynamics and diversity of Western approaches to South Asian religions, and the indigenous responses to them, that avoids simple active/passive binaries. |