C N Venugopal
Preface
Rowena Robinson
Introduction
PART ONE: RELIGION, SOCIETY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
Proshanta Nandi
Visions of Nationhood and Religiosity
A R Desai
National Integration and Religion
M S A Rao
Religion and Economic Development
A R Momin
The Indo-Islamic Tradition
Nirmala Srinivasan
Ethnic Process and Minority Identity
| A Comparative Study of Muslims and Christians of UP |
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PART TWO: SECTS, CULTS, SHRINES AND THE MAKING OF TRADITIONS
Kunj Behari Singh
Manipur Vaishnavism
| A Sociological Interpretation |
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C N Venugopal
Factor of Anti-Pollution in the Ideology of the Lingayat Movement
Ursula M Sharma
The Immortal Cowherd and the Saintly Carrier
| An Essay in the Study of Cults |
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L Thara Bhai
Emergence of Shrines in Rural Tamil Nadu
| A Study of Little Traditions |
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PART THREE: RELIGIOUS CONVERSION IN INDIA: SOME SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES
Rowena Robinson
Some Neglected Aspects of the Conversion of Goa
| A Socio-Historical Perspective |
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D Dennis Hudson
The First Protestant Mission to India
| Its Social and Religious Developments |
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Saurabh Dube
Issues of Christianity in Colonial Chhattisgarh
N Jayaram
Emancipation through Proselytism?
| Some Reflections on the Marginal Status of the Depressed Castes |
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PART FOUR: RELIGION BEYOND INDIA'S BORDERS
Tanveer Fazal
Religion and Language in the Formation of Nationhood in Pakistan and Bangladesh
Nasser Mustapha
The Influence of Indian Islam on Fundamentalist Trends in Trinidad and Tobago
Ananta Giri
Religious Resurgence in Contemporary United States
