Mark Elmore Becoming Religious in a Secular Age (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Becoming Religious in a Secular AgeCondition: NewAuthor: Mark ElmoreFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0520290542EAN: 9780520290549ISBN: 9780520290549Publisher: University of California PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, History, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Date: 07/05/2016Description: Religion is often viewed as a universally ancient element of the human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered its religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a Secular Age tells the story of this discovery and how it transformed a community's relations to its past and to its members, as well as to those outside the community. And, as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity. Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its development. Showing us that to become a modern, ethical subject is to become religious, this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 408gRelease Year: 2016

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