The Brahmin, the Aryan, and the Powers of the Priestly Class: Puzzles in the Study of Indian Religion by Marianne Keppens, Jakob De Roover

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Making Shiʿism an Indian Religion: A Perspective from the Qutb Shahi Deccan by Karen Ruffle

“…Engaging an ethnohistorical approach, this essay examines how the Qutb Shahi sultans represented themselves locally and regionally through the use of built space, sponsorship of ritual and innovation of material practices that enabled diverse constituents of the realm to participate in and remember the martyrdom of the third Shi'i Imam Husain at the battle of Karbala, Iraq in 680 CE in ways that made Shiʿism an Indian religion. I use a case study engaging material culture and built space in imperial Hyderabad to demonstrate how the Qutb Shahi sultans became Deccani, using Shiʿism as both an expression of their identity and a polyvalent religio-cultural mediation with the Hindu majority communities over which they ruled. …”
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Review of: Parsons, Elsie Clews: Pueblo Indian Religion, Volumes I and II by Barnes, R

Introduction to the Special Issue: Seeing and Reading: Art and Literature in Pre-Modern Indian Religions by Sonya Rhie Mace, Phyllis Granoff

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Review of: Geertz, Armin W.: The Invention of Prophecy: Continuity and Meaning in Hopi Indian Religion by Barnes, R

Boundaries and Crossings: Religious Fluidity in Twenty-first Century India by Lola Sharon Davidson, Devleena Ghosh

Subjects: “…Indian religions; Hindu nationalism; Inter-religious Worship; Sufism, Sikhism, Islam/Muslims…”
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Magic between Europe and India: On Mantras, Coercion of Gods, and the Limits of Current Debates by Martin Fárek, Pavel Horák

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Mobilities in Religious Knowledge: Phiroz Mehta and the Logics of Transreligiosity in 1970s–80s South London by Karen O’Brien-Kop

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Imaginary lines? 'Islam,' 'secularism,' and the politics of family law in Bangladesh by Shahid, TN

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The use of, and controversy surrounding, the term atman in the Indian Buddhist tathagatagarbha literature. by Jones, CV

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The Soul in Jainism by Abulfadh Mahmoodi

“…Jainism is among the ancient Indian religions and has a history of more than twenty five centuries and is considered to be among the Nastika or non-orthodox Indian religions. …”
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Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman by Muthupalani, Sharanya

“…Therefore, this thesis aims to analyse the incongruence between the actual teachings of Hinduism, and Syal's Western interpretation of Indian religions and culture, and thereby explore its effect on Indian women.…”
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Jesus and Spirituality: Reading the Fourth Gospel in the Light of the Indian Culture by Johnson Thomaskutty

“…The character of Jesus and the spirituality reflected in John have much in common with the mystical traditions of the Indian religions.…”
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Reincarnation (Tanāsukh) According to Islam: Comparative, Historical and Contemporary Analyses by Mehmet Bulğen

“…In the first part I am going to make a comparison between belief in the Hereafter in Islam and belief in reincarnation in Indian religions in terms of their respective views of about God and the universe. …”
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“Discovery of Hinduism” in Religious Thought of the Bengal Renaissance by Tatiana G. Skorokhodova

“…Based on the works by the Bengal Renaissance thinkers, the paper presents their role in creating the notion “Hinduism” as the term for all group of Indian religions, as well as in interpretation of it as one whole religion. …”
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An Analysis the Reflection of Actions in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh by mahmoud rezaei dashtarzhaneh

“…So he leads us to good deeds until the consequences of our evil actions cannot be ruled out us, as in the Indian religions, this law of action and reaction is referred to as karma. in Shahnameh, among the actions the results of which the practitioner sees as soon as done in this world, the following can be mentioned: Justice, nemesis, reconciliation, shedding innocent blood, breaking border, dishonor the king, killing the king, oppression and claim of divinity, killing the child, breaking the covenant, killing innocent prisoners, take the power with force.   …”
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Max Weber, capitalism and the religion of India by Gellner, D

“…Weber is summarized on the most important aspects of Indian religion and a brief attempt is made to state how valid his remarks still are. …”

Thinking Towards Peace: On Triades and New Cosmology of the Mesocosm by Lenart Škof

“…In the first part, we bring to the fore an ancient Vedic concept of mesocosm and discuss its religious and cosmic significance within Indian religion. This part also brings an initial approach towards philosophy of spirituality by focusing on the role of breath within the very concept of mesocosm. …”
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‘This Is Our Church’: Mediating Religious Beliefs, Ceremonial Practices and Multiple Mobilities in Louise Erdrich’s The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Ludmila Martanovschi

“…The current study examines the relationship between Agnes/Father Damien and the Ojibwe community s/he serves, once s/he relocates to the reservation, demonstrating that the two form a profound relationship through constant mediation and that the latter determines transformations in the very nature of the former’s beliefs, this process ultimately representing a conversion to the American Indian religion. Thus, the essay explores the protagonist’s literal, religious, cultural and gender-connected mobilities, looking at the cleric’s multiple transgressions of boundaries. …”
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Anti-Domestic Spaces and the Evolving Queer Domesticity by Subham Mandal

“…Despite Indian religion being rife with homosexual activities, yet there has been widespread prejudice against the concept. …”
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