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Disenchanting India : organized rationalism and criticism of religion in India
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Disenchanting India : organized rationalism and criticism of religion in India

Author: Johannes Quack
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist organizations:  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Johannes Quack
ISBN: 9780199812608 0199812608 9780199812622 0199812624
OCLC Number: 704120510
Description: xvii, 362 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Part I: Object of Inquiry: Indian Rationalists, Modes of Unbelief & Disenchantment 1. Indian Rationalists 2. Modes of Unbelief 3. Rationalization and Disenchantment 4. Methodological Remarks and Research Setting Part II: History: Roots of Organized Rationalism in India 5. "Narrative" of the Indian Roots of Rationalism 6. Evolution of Rationalism in Colonial India 7. Influence of the English Rationalist Movement 8. Organized Rationalism in 20th Century India 9. Recent History of Organized Rationalism in Maharashtra Part III: Ethnography: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANiS) 10. ANiS in Action: The Science-Van 11. Organizational Structure and Set-Up of ANiS 12. Profile and Agenda of ANiS 13. Individual Interpretations and Applications of Rationalism 14. Rationalism as a Way of Life 15. ANiS in Context 16. Impact of ANiS Part IV Theory: The Mode of Unbelief of ANiS Bibliography Appendix
Responsibility: Johannes Quack.
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