Contents:PART I: TEXTS, TRADITIONS AND DISCOURSE
1. Of Binaries and Beyond: The Dialectics of
Buddhist-Brahmanical Relations in India
Uma Chakravarti
2. Tradition and Memory; Filiation and Identity in
Early Sanskrit Literature and Philosophy
Heeraman Tiwari
3. Representations of a Past: The Life of Ramanuja and
the SrTvaisnava Community
Ranjeeta Dutta
4. Culture Under Interpretative Stress: Bankim Chandra
and the Re-Formulation of 'Dharma' in Colonial Bengal
Amiya P. Sen
PART II: DIVINITY AND THE FEMININE:
REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER
AND GENDER RELATIONS
5. A Home for the Goddess: Structural Shrines for
Independent Female Deities in Early Medieval
Tamilakam, c. ce 600-1300
R. Mahalakshmi
6. Radha and Radhaism: Neutralizing Gender in
Brajmaya Krsnaism of Medieval Braj
Farhat Nasreen
PART III: RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES: NEGOTIATING
CONFLICT AND ACCOMMODATION
7. Understanding Sufi-Sant Interaction in Medieval India
Rameshwar Pixisad Bahuguna
8. Saiyid Ahmad Barelvi, Altaf Husain Hali and the
Fonnation of Muslim Identity in the Nineteenth Century
N.R. Farooqi
9. Exclusive Resources and Inclusive Objectives:
Islam in the Making of Indian Nationalism:
1857-1922
Rizwan Qaiser
10. Christianity and the Mizo Identity: A Review of
Sociological and Historical Circumstances
Joy L.K. Pachiiau
11. Religion and Social 'Subversion': Re-examining
Colonial Orissa
Biswamoy Pati
12. Religious Rhetoric, Mercantile Strategies and
a Community in Revolt: A Study on the Conflicts
between the St. Thomas Christians and the
Portuguese Padroado
Pius Malekandathil
13. Sufis and Communal Harmony: A Case Study
of Indian Sufis
S.M. Azizuddin Husain
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