TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lorenzen,David N. (ed)
TI  - Bhakti Religion In North India: Community Identity and Political Action
SN  - 81-7304-171-7
U1  - 291.4 LOR 
PY  - 1995///
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Monohar
KW  - Bhakti
N1  - Index; Introduction: The Historical Vicissitudes of Bhakti Religion: David N. Lorenzen

PART I: COMMUNITY IDENTITY
The Making of a Religious Paradox: Sikh Khalsa, Sahajdhari as Modes of Early Sikh Identity: Harjot Oberoi

The Social Significance of Radhasoami: Mark Juergensmeyer

Sanskritization, caste uplift, and Social Dissidence in the Sant Ravidas Panth: Joseph Schaller

The Instability of the King: Magical Insanity and the Yogi's Power in the Politics of Jodhpur, 1803-1843: Daniel Gold

The Kina Rami: Aughars and the Kings in the Age of Cultural Contact: Roxanne Poormon Gupta

PART II: THEOLOGY
The Theology of the Locative Case in Sacred Sikh Scrupture (Gurbani): Michael C. Shapiro
The Nirgun/Sagun Distinction in Early Manuscript Anthologies of Hindu Devotion: John Stratton Hawley
The Lives of Nirguni Saints: David N. Lorenzen
Chokhamela: Piety and Protest: Eleanor Zelliot
The Avatar Doctrine in the Kabir Panth: Uma Thukral
The Vitality of the Nirgun Bhajan: Sampling the Contemporary Tradition: Edward O. Henry

PART III: Political Action
Interpreting Ramraj: Reflections on the Ramayana, Bhakti, and Hindu nationalism: Philip Lutgendorf
The politics of Devotion to Rama: Peter Van Der Veer
Social identities, Hindu Fundamentalism, and Politics in India: Susana B.C. Devalle





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