Table of Contents

Preface - C N Venugopal
Introduction - Rowena Robinson
PART ONE: RELIGION, SOCIETY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
Visions of Nationhood and Religiosity - Proshanta Nandi
National Integration and Religion - A R Desai
Religion and Economic Development - M S A Rao
The Indo-Islamic Tradition - A R Momin
Ethnic Process and Minority Identity - Nirmala Srinivasan
A Comparative Study of Muslims and Christians of UP
PART TWO: SECTS, CULTS, SHRINES AND THE MAKING OF TRADITIONS
Manipur Vaishnavism - Kunj Behari Singh
A Sociological Interpretation
C N Venugopal
Factor of Anti-Pollution in the Ideology of the Lingayat Movement
The Immortal Cowherd and the Saintly Carrier - Ursula M Sharma
An Essay in the Study of Cults
Emergence of Shrines in Rural Tamil Nadu - L Thara Bhai
A Study of Little Traditions
PART THREE: RELIGIOUS CONVERSION IN INDIA: SOME SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES
Some Neglected Aspects of the Conversion of Goa - Rowena Robinson
A Socio-Historical Perspective
The First Protestant Mission to India - D Dennis Hudson
Its Social and Religious Developments
Issues of Christianity in Colonial Chhattisgarh - Saurabh Dube
Emancipation through Proselytism? - N Jayaram
Some Reflections on the Marginal Status of the Depressed Castes
PART FOUR: RELIGION BEYOND INDIA′S BORDERS
Religion and Language in the Formation of Nationhood in Pakistan and Bangladesh - Tanveer Fazal
The Influence of Indian Islam on Fundamentalist Trends in Trinidad and Tobago - Nasser Mustapha
Religious Resurgence in Contemporary United States - Ananta Giri
A View from India