Religious Freedom In India

Author : Goldie Osuri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136302022

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Religious Freedom in India by Goldie Osuri Pdf

Drawing on the critical and theoretical concepts of sovereignty, biopolitics, and necropolitics, this book examines how a normative liberal and secular understanding of India’s religious identity is translatable by Hindu nationalists into discrimination and violence against minoritized religious communities. Extending these concepts to an analysis of historical, political and legal genealogies of conversion, the author demonstrates how a concern for sovereignty links past and present anti-conversion campaigns and laws. The book illustrates how sovereignty informs the making of secularism as well as religious difference. The focus on sovereignty sheds light on the manner in which religious difference becomes a point of reference for the religio-secular idioms of Bombay cinema, for legal judgements on communal violence, for human rights organizations, and those seeking justice for communal violence. This wide-ranging examination and discussion of the trajectories of (anti) conversion politics through historical, legal, philosophical, popular cultural, archival and ethnographic material offers a cogent argument for shifting the stakes and rethinking the relationship between sovereignty and religious freedom. The book is a timely contribution to broader theoretical and political discussions of (post) secularism and human rights, and is of interest to students and scholars of postcolonial studies, cultural studies, law, and religious studies.

Author : A. Desai
Publisher : Anamika Pub & Distributors
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : UOM:39015062040707

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Religions and Religious Freedom in India by A. Desai Pdf

Author : Krishna Prasad De
Publisher : Calcutta : Minerva Associates (Publications), c1976, 1977 printing.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : UCAL:B3187115

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Religious Freedom Under the Indian Constitution by Krishna Prasad De Pdf

Author : James Massey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UOM:39015061554153

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Minorities and Religious Freedom in a Democracy by James Massey Pdf

This Book Deals With Christians As A Minority And Controverts The Myth That They Are The Most Forward Community. It Details The General Constitutional Rights As Well As Special Rights Of The Minorities In India And Focuses Attention On The Relationship Between Human Rights Of Minorities. An Essential Reading For Sociologists, Political Scientists, Human Rights Activists And All Others Interested In The Issues Involved And The Future Of Indian Polity.

Author : Laura Dudley Jenkins
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812250923

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Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India by Laura Dudley Jenkins Pdf

Hinduism is the largest religion in India, encompassing roughly 80 percent of the population, while 14 percent of the population practices Islam and the remaining 6 percent adheres to other religions. The right to "freely profess, practice, and propagate religion" in India's constitution is one of the most comprehensive articulations of the right to religious freedom. Yet from the late colonial era to the present, mass conversions to minority religions have inflamed majority-minority relations in India and complicated the exercise of this right. In Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India, Laura Dudley Jenkins examines three mass conversion movements in India: among Christians in the 1930s, Dalit Buddhists in the 1950s, and Mizo Jews in the 2000s. Critics of these movements claimed mass converts were victims of overzealous proselytizers promising material benefits, but defenders insisted the converts were individuals choosing to convert for spiritual reasons. Jenkins traces the origins of these opposing arguments to the 1930s and 1940s, when emerging human rights frameworks and early social scientific studies of religion posited an ideal convert: an individual making a purely spiritual choice. However, she observes that India's mass conversions did not adhere to this model and therefore sparked scrutiny of mass converts' individual agency and spiritual sincerity. Jenkins demonstrates that the preoccupation with converts' agency and sincerity has resulted in significant challenges to religious freedom. One is the proliferation of legislation limiting induced conversions. Another is the restriction of affirmative action rights of low caste people who choose to practice Islam or Christianity. Last, incendiary rumors are intentionally spread of women being converted to Islam via seduction. Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India illuminates the ways in which these tactics immobilize potential converts, reinforce damaging assumptions about women, lower castes, and religious minorities, and continue to restrict religious freedom in India today.

Author : V. P. Bharatiya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014892254

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Religion-state Relationship and Constitutional Rights in India by V. P. Bharatiya Pdf

Includes case law.

Author : C.S. Adcock
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199995431

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The Limits of Tolerance by C.S. Adcock Pdf

This book provides a critical history of the distinctive tradition of Indian secularism known as Tolerance. Examining debates surrounding the activities of the Arya Samaj - a Hindu reform organization regarded as the exemplar of intolerance - it finds that Tolerance functioned to disengage Indian secularism from the politics of caste.

Author : Goldie Osuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415665574

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Religious Freedom in India by Goldie Osuri Pdf

Author : Aruthuckal Varughese John,Atola Longkumer,Nigel Ajay Kumar
Publisher : SAIACS Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789386549068

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Religious Freedom and Conversion in India by Aruthuckal Varughese John,Atola Longkumer,Nigel Ajay Kumar Pdf

Religious Freedom and Conversion in India is a collection of essays that addresses the political and practical concerns about "religious freedom" and "religious conversion" in the Indian context. These essays were first presented in the SAIACS Academic Consultation in September 2015 at SAIACS, Bengaluru. The 14 papers represented here have all been revised and edited in the view of the discussions during the Consultation. they approach the topic from various angles such as historical, legal, biblical, theological, missiological and cultural. The purpose of the SAIACS Academic Consultation, and the aim of this book, is to stimulate, encourage and provide direction for the academic, evangelical and missional thinking in South Asia.

Author : Tahir Mahmood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130591097

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Laws of India on Religion and Religious Affairs by Tahir Mahmood Pdf

Author : Goldie Osuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:886539424

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Religious Freedom in India by Goldie Osuri Pdf

Author : P. D. Mathew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X004321331

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Freedom of Religion and a "debate" on Religious Conversion by P. D. Mathew Pdf

With reference to the Indian scene.

Author : Rebecca Samuel Shah,Joel Carpenter
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506447926

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Christianity in India by Rebecca Samuel Shah,Joel Carpenter Pdf

Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities continue to make contributions to Indian society, even amid social pressure and violent persecution. In a time of controversy in India about the legitimacy of conversion and the value of religious diversity, Christianity in India addresses the complex issues of faith, identity, caste, and culture. It documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights, providing education and healthcare, fighting injustice and exploitation, and stimulating economic uplift for the poor. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how these active initiatives often invite persecution today. The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India, past and present, and address the challenges of religious freedom in contemporary India.

Author : Kanan Gahrana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110286049

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Right to Freedom of Religion by Kanan Gahrana Pdf

Author : Mohammad Naseem,Saman Naseem
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789403529714

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Religion and Law in India by Mohammad Naseem,Saman Naseem Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this convenient resource provides systematic information on how India deals with the role religion plays or can play in society, the legal status of religious communities and institutions, and the legal interaction among religion, culture, education, and media. After a general introduction describing the social and historical background, the book goes on to explain the legal framework in which religion is approached. Coverage proceeds from the principle of religious freedom through the rights and contractual obligations of religious communities; international, transnational, and regional law effects; and the legal parameters affecting the influence of religion in politics and public life. Also covered are legal positions on religion in such specific fields as church financing, labour and employment, and matrimonial and family law. A clear and comprehensive overview of relevant legislation and legal doctrine make the book an invaluable reference source and very useful guide. Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to practitioners in the myriad instances where a law-related religious interest arises in India. Academics and researchers will appreciate its value as a thorough but concise treatment of the legal aspects of diversity and multiculturalism in which religion plays such an important part.