An Inverted Quest: Cosmopolitanism and Religion in Baladeva Comics

As demonstrated by Benedict Anderson, media are powerful means in creating imagined community, and accordingly, mighty poles of both nationalism and cosmopolitanism. While the former gains much popularity in scholarly analysis, the latter needs to be considered as well, in understanding religious ex...

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Main Author: Epafras, Leonard Chrysostomos (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Pages: 130-151
Further subjects:B Religious sociology
B Social sciences
B Religion
B Religionspsycholigie
B Asien-Studien
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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