The limits of tolerance: Indian secularism and the politics of religious freedom
This text 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 se...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Britisch-Indien
/ Religious freedom
/ Secularism
/ Neo-Hinduism
/ Arya Samaj
B India / Religious freedom / Secularism |
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Toleration ; Religious aspects
B Religious tolerance ; India ; History B Secularism India History B Secularism ; India ; History B Toleration Religious aspects B Religious Tolerance India History |
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| Summary: | This text 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. |
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| ISBN: | 0199346410 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199995431.001.0001 |