Religious Cultures In Early Modern India: New Perspectives (routledge South Asian History And Culture Series)

Synopsis

Articles Explore The Relationships Between Religion, Society, And Politics In India During The Era Of The Mughal Empire. Introduction : Religious Cultures In An Imperial Landscape / Rosalind O'hanlon And David Washbrook -- The Debate Within : A Sufi Critique Of Religious Law, Tasawwuf And Politics In Mughal India / Muzaffar Alam -- The Four Sampradāys : Ordering The Religious Past In Mughal North India / John Stratton Hawley -- Theology And Statecraft / Monika Horstmann -- Advaita Vedānta In Early Modern History / Christopher Minkowski -- The Brahmin Double : The Brahminical Construction Of Anti-brahminism And Anti-caste Sentiment In The Religious Cultures Of Precolonial Maharashtra / Christian Lee Novetzke -- Speaking From Siva's Temple : Banaras Scholar Households And The Brahman 'ecumene' Of Mughal India / Rosalind O'hanlon -- A Tale Of Two Temples : Mathurā's Keśavadeva And Orcchā's Caturbhujadeva / Heidi Pauwels -- Replicating Vaiṣṇava Worlds : Organizing Devotional Space Through The Architectonics Of The Maṇḍala / Tony K. Stewart. Editors, Rosalind O'hanlon, David Washbrook. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 286-303) And Index.