TY  - BOOK
AU  - Madan,T N
TI  - Modern myths, locked minds : secularism and fundamentalism in India 
T2  - Oxford India paperbacks
SN  - 9780198065104 
U1  - 201.3 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Secularism
KW  - India
KW  - Religious fundamentalism
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Islam
KW  - Sikhism
KW  - Religion
N1  - Previous ed.: 1997; Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-357) and index; 1. Introduction: Scope, Concepts, Method -- 2. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Meanings of Secularism -- 3. The Sikh Religious Tradition: Fundamentalisms, Old and New -- 4. Islam in South Asia: From Orthodoxy to Fundamentalism -- 5. Islam in South Asia: Quest for Pluralism -- 6. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Secularism as Pluralism -- 7. The Hindu Religious Tradition: Revivalism and Fundamentalism -- 8. The Crisis of Indian Secularism
N2  - Secularism is one of the important and contentious public debates in India today. It is seen to be in greater crisis now than ever before, making a case for the continuing presence of this book. The debate also furnishes the making of Indian polity and society, given the inter-related development of culture, society and politics in India. It is thus a debate about religious nationalism and fundamentalism as well. Modern Myths, Locked Minds  examines the ideologies of secularism and fundamentalism in the setting of the religious traditions of India--Hinduism, Sikhism, and Islam. Further insightful comparison of the traditions is offered, each seen over a long period of time, revealing markedly distinctive historical experiences
ER  -