religious reform in contemporary India Chakrabarti, Anindita (Of IIT Kanpur) creator author. text bibliography nyu Cambridge Cambridge University Press c2018 2017 monographic eng

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xiv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm "Discusses the relevance of the reigning paradigms of Sanskritization and Islamization in the study of religious movements"-- Svadhyaya ethics and the spirit of voluntarism -- Theologies of self-reform: what transforms the cross? -- Praxis of an emergent congregation: metaphysics reform and rebirth -- The structure of Lokasam.graha: volunteers, networks and training -- Succession, routinization of charisma and judicial religion -- The Tablighi Jamaat's call for self-reform -- Pedagogy of Tablighi reform: mission and the messenger -- 'Unintended consequences' of piety and discourses of Islamic reform -- Religion, movements, and secularity. Anindita Chakrabarti. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hindu renewal India Islamic renewal India BL1153.5 .C53 2018 206/.50954 9781107166622 (hardback : alk. paper) 2017022984 DLC 170605 20190522164905.0 19690906 eng