Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in IndiaIndia is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist organizations: groups who affirm the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or free-thinking. |
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Índice
| 3 | |
Object of Inquiry Indian Rationalists Modes of Unbelief and Disenchantment | 7 |
History Roots of Organized Rationalism in India | 47 |
Ethnography Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti ANiS | 107 |
Theory The Mode of Unbelief of ANiS | 271 |
| 313 | |
Appendixes | 335 |
| 355 | |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century Abraham Kovoor activists addressed Agarkar agenda aghori aims and activities Ambedkar Ambejogai Andhra Pradesh Anti-Superstition Bill argued argument aspects Atheist Centre Baba Beed district beliefs and practices bhakti bhakti movement Black Magic Bombay Brahmins Carvaka central chapter contemporary rationalist context criticism cultural Dabholkar debates discussed disenchantment Dnyaneshwar Edamaruku example FIRA focus Freethought further ghosts godmen Gora groups highlight Hindu Hinduism human Humanist important Indian Rationalist Association Indian rationalist movement influence intellectuals interview issues Klimkeit larger lives M. N. Roy magazine Maharashtra Marathi meetings miracles mode of unbelief modern modes of religiosity nalists Nanded Narendra Dabholkar Nashik organized rationalism outlined Periyar person perspective Phule position postcolonial problems pseudoscience Pune question rationalist organizations rejection religion religious respect rituals Sanal Edamaruku science-van scientific temper secular society specific spread statements stress supernatural superstition Taylor tion told traditional Vartapatr Weber Western worldview
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India |
| Autor | Johannes Quack |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0199812616, 9780199812615 |
| N.º de páginas | 380 páginas |
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