UID:
almahu_9949701725302882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047401407
Series Statement:
Numen Book Series
Content:
This volume deals with a phenomenon of increasing global significance, the South Asian diaspora. In particular it deals with the role of religion. The diversity of religious life in South Asia is remarkable and much of this diversity is replicated in the diaspora communities around the world. The case studies in this book explore and analyse the social, religious and cultural reality of people in the diaspora belonging to Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism and originating from four of the South Asian nation states (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). The book highlights the religious diversity that exists in the diaspora communities both across the traditions and within the particular religions.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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The Jain Plate: The Semiotics of the Diaspora Diet /
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(Re) Creating Transnational Religious Identity within the Jaina Community of Toronto /
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Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism in London: Religiosity and Communal Activities of a Diaspora Community /
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Becoming a Colour of the Rainbow: The Social Integration of Indian Hindus in Trinidad, Analysed along a Phase Model Diaspora /
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The Hindu Diaspora in The Netherlands: Halfway Between Local Structures and Global Ideologies /
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Tamil Hindu Places of Worship in Germany /
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Establishing Ritual Space in the Hindu Diaspora in Norway /
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The Hindu Religious Traditions in Minnesota /
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Reversing the Gaze in America: Parody in Divali Performance at Connecticut College /
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The Swaminarayan Movement /
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Transformation of Marriage Patterns in the Kerala Diaspora in the U.S. /
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Rethinking Hybridity: The Syro-Malabar Church in North America /
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Negotiating Identities: The Case of Indian Muslims in South Africa /
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Structural and Cultural Racism in the Educational Underachievement of British South Asian Muslims /
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Embracing Allah and Sexuality? South-Asian Non-Heterosexual Muslims in Britain /
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The Zoroastrian Diaspora /
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Mobilising seva ("Service"): Modes of Sikh Diasporic Action /
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Taxonomy of the Indian Diaspora in South Africa: Problems and Issues in Defining Their Identity /
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Punjabi Religion Amongst the South Asian Diaspora in Britain: The Role of the Baba /
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Haunting Stories: Narrative Transmissions of South Asian Identities in Diaspora /
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Performances of Multiculturalism: South Asian Communities in Sydney /
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Hindus and Sikhs: Community Development and Religious Discrimination in England and Wales /
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Future Prospects /
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Contributors /
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Index /
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Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series /
Additional Edition:
Print version: South Asians in the Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2004, ISBN 9789004124882
Language:
English
