TY - BOOK AU - Madan, T. N. TI - India's religions: perspectives from sociology and history / SN - 9780198074908 U1 - 306.60954 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Religion and sociology KW - India N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The eucharist in a syrian Christian church / Susan Visvanathan -- The food area in a hindu home / R.S. Khare -- Death and cosmogony in Kashi / Jonathan P. Parry -- Hindu worship / C.J. Fuller -- Virashaiva devotion / A.K. Ramanujan -- Faith and suffering in shia Islam / Akbar S. Ahmed -- Jain monks / Lawrence A. Babb -- Muslim spiritual masters / Desiderio Pinto -- Sikh martyrs / Louis E. Fenech -- Folklore / Viramma, Josiane Racine, and Jean-Luc Racine -- Dharma / Gavin Flood -- The Khalsa rahit / W.H. Mcleod -- The Kabir-panth / David N. Lorenzen -- The Ramakrishna Mission / Krishna Prakash Gupta -- Ambedkar's Buddhism / Martin Fuchs -- The South Indian temple : authority, honour, and redistribution / Arjun Appadurai and Carol A. Breckenridge -- Church and community in Goa / Rowena Robinson -- Religious devotion and politics at Hazratbal in Kashmir / Muhammad Ishaq Khan N2 - Contributed articles ER -