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Community and Worldview Among Paraiyars of South India

'Lived' Religion [Paperback]

by Anderson H. M. Jeremiah

    • Author

      Anderson H. M. Jeremiah

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      June 2014

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    Community and Worldview Among Paraiyars of South India

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    This volume presents a detailed ethnographic study of rural Paraiyar communities in South India, focusing on their religions and cultural identity. Formerly known as Dalits, or Untouchables, these are a largely socially marginalised group living within a dynamic and complex social matrix dominated by the caste system and its social and religious implications in India. Through examining Paraiyar Christian communities, the author provides a comprehensive understanding of Paraiyar religious worldviews within the dominant Hindu religious worldview. In contrast to existing research, this volume places the Paraiyars within their wider social context, ascribed and achieved identity, religious symbolism and ritual and negotiation of social boundaries. In arguing that the Paraiyars help us to understand religion as 'lived', the author removes the concept 'religion' from the reified forms it so often obtains in textbooks. Instead, Jeremiah demonstrates that it is only in local and specific contexts, as opposed to essentialised notions, that 'religion' either makes any sense or that theories concerning it can be tested.

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    • Author

      Anderson H. M. Jeremiah

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      June 2014

    • Edition

      NIPPOD

    • Weight

      318g

    • Page Count

      208

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 12 mm

    • ISBN

      9781472576101

    • ISBN-10

      1472576101

    • Eden Code

      4266898

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    • Author/Creator: Anderson H. M. Jeremiah

    • ISBN: 9781472576101

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: June 2014

    • Weight: 318g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 12 mm

    • Eden Code: 4266898


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