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Contesting and Confirming Religious Authority in the Diaspora: Transnational Communication and the Dasam Granth Controversy in the Nordic Countries
No full textPerpetuating Religious and Social Concepts in Extended Motherland: Tamil Christians in Berne (Switzerland)
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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India
No full textndia is the second largest country in the world with regard to population, the world’s largest democracy and by far the largest country in South Asia, and one of the most diverse and pluralistic nations in the world in terms of official languages, cultures, religions and social identities. Indians have for centuries exchanged ideas with other cultures globally and some traditions have been transformed in those transnational and transcultural encounters and become successful innovations with an extraordinary global popularity. India is an emerging global power in terms of economy, but in spite of India’s impressive economic growth over the last decades, some of the most serious problems of Indian society such as poverty, repression of women, inequality both in terms of living conditions and of opportunities such as access to education, employment, and the economic resources of the state persist and do not seem to go away.
Now available in paperback, this Handbook contains chapters by the field’s foremost scholars dealing with fundamental issues in India’s current cultural and social transformation and concentrates on India as it emerged after the economic reforms and the new economic policy of the 1980s and 1990s and as it develops in the twenty-first century
The Seventieth Anniversary of ‘John Matthew': On ‘Indian' Christians in Germany
No full textThis chapter concentrates on the movements and activities of the Tamil visitors on the day determined for the Tamil Pilgrimage, which is usually the second Saturday in August. Catholic and Hindu Tamil pilgrims of Sri Lankan origin visit Kevelaer to pay respect to and worship the Madonna in one of her best-known pilgrimage sites in Germany. They may ask for her help and protection, or wish to thank her. The Catholic devotees have a rare opportunity to take part in an elaborate mass specifically organized for them. The Tamils' interest in Kevelaer and the Madonna increases the reputation of the city, nationally as well as internationally. They are good customers and considerate citizens, as police and organizers emphasize. It is likely that this positive reception will encourage the Tamils to go on meeting in Kevelaer to individually seek comfort and help and to take part in an event suited to preserving their identity.Peer Reviewe
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