In Good Faith: A Journey in Search of an Unknown India
About the Book: In Good Faith: A Journey in Search of an UnknownIndia Engaging and eloquent, In Good Faith makes
Inculturation and Interreligious Harmony of Life: Collected Works of Dr. Thomas Manickam, CMI
Editor
Sebastian Alackapally
Interculturation Of Religion – Critical Perspectives on Robert de Nobili’s Mission in India
The essays revisit Nobili’s mission in Madhurai, in 17th Century. They evaluate the approach of Nobili to religion and culture that suggests neat separation between religious discourse and cultural symbols. The central discussion of the volume – the relationship between culture and religion – is relevant to India and beyond where religious fundamentalism uses religious, consciousness to gain political power. This book would interest students and scholars of religious, Indian history, sociology and politics.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN: Ethics and Religion
Edited by Kali Charan Pandey
This is a critical exposition of multiple facets of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s thoughts on ethics and religion. First, it brings out foundations of Wittgenstein’s views on ethics and religion. Then, it deals with various issues of current debates in the philosophy of Wittgenstein, such as notion of transcendental ethics, dichotomy between fact and value, distinction between religious and superstitious beliefs, notion of happiness and human being, discussions on Fideism, whether Wittgenstein’s methodology was Christian or Jew, Wittgenstein’s religious thoughts in the context of logical positivism and Habermas.
Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero Hardcover
The 2019 general elections were set against the backdrop of unexpected alliances, with the staunchest of adversaries joining hands against
Muslims: The Real History
From the seventh till the seventeenth century, Muslims dominated the world. Inspired by the Prophet and his emphasis on education,
Mystical Experience – Inter – Religious Approach to Spiritual Exercises
In this book, Hindu and Christian ascetical or moral principles find an area of convergence. The book comments on the ascetical principles and attitudes set out by the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola using Hindu resources such as stories and ascetical texts.
Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps: Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of India
Foreword by Dr Nirmala Lakshman,
Director, the Hindu Group
Review
This book is a must-read for every Indian. It brings out the frightening growth of religious communalism in India, which threatens to tear apart the delicate fabric woven by the Indian people over the centuries. Yet the author is optimistic that what will endure is this very practice of the Indian people living together for centuries evolving a syncretic, plural, multi-cultural society which our nation builders tried to promote as the ‘idea of India’. (Aditya Mukherjee, Professor of Contemporary History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
This is a searing exposé of the violence, hatred and narrow communal prejudices that are integral to the Hindutva DNA. In tracing the trajectory from Savarkar to Modi, Ziya Us Salam shows that nothing has changed and how, therefore, our secular nationhood is currently threatened. He sums up by explaining how the Muslim community might best meet this challenge through internal social reforms. A balanced account with a wise ending, I would highly commend the book to general and specialist readers.
(Mani Shankar Aiyar, Author of Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist)
On Religion (Selected Writings)
I am inclined to conclude that we do not know whether or not God exists or ever did. I go one step further and hold that his existence or non-existence is of no consequence to human beings.
PATTERNS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIONS
Edited by Mihaela Gligor and Sherry Sabbarwal
POLITICISATION OF HINDU RELIGION IN POSTMODERN INDIA: An Anatomy of the Worldwides, Identities and Strategies of Hindu Nationalists in Bharatiya Janata Party
Hindu cultural nationalism has grown prodigiously from a dormant and apparently minor communal presence to a vast movement in the country within a short span of time. It is best manifested in the rise of the Hindu right-wing political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in post-modern Indian political scenario.
POLITICS AND RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Edited by Ishwar Modi
This collection of essays by established scholars covers some of the important aspects of society, polity and religion in India. The aspects covered in this book are important not only historically but also in the contemporary context. Whatever has been included in this volume will certainly provide a window to the world, providing a glimpse of the contemporary Indian scenario mainly in the context of politics and religion, their interplay and particularly the construction of varied identities based on religion and other social factors such as caste, community and gender.
Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook
Politics of Jugaad examines the history of coalition governments to project the possibilities of one, as the countdown to the 2019 Lok Sabha election begins. It asks whether coalitions are an inevitability we have to live with, especially since coalitions have been unstable, and whether they also hold out the promise of greater democratization in a nation as diverse as ours. It analyses the possibilities of the formation of coalitions in various states and their chances of success and failure, leading up to the question: Can a few regional parties potentially tip the scales and defeat the Modi-led BJP? In this most authoritative volume, Saba Naqvi strikes the perfect balance between precise argument and fresh prose, minutely discussing what could be the direction, politics and policy of India’s next coalition government. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of transformation in Indian political parties and their role in contemporary times.
Portraits of Hindutva: From Harappa to Ayodhya
In Portraits of Hindutva: From Harappa to Ayodhya, the author traces the growth of what has today become a deeply polarizing issue. He recounts events which shaped the phenomenon and personalities that were its torchbearers and explores the evolution of Hindutva from religious to spiritual to political, spanning a period beginning from the Indus-Saraswati civilization and rounding it off with the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
PRACTICE OF INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
In many of the meetings and conferences on the Church and her Mission in Asia, a discussion on the Church’s relationship with other religions will surface and, finally, the need for education and training in Interreligious dialogue at all levels will emerge strongly. Given today’s Indian context of religious fundamentalism and communal violence, dialogue is indispensable. The different religious communities in India are aware of the significance of joining hands with one another in promoting social well-being, peace and harmony of the whole environment. This book is just an introduction to the Ministry of Dialogue, and not a theological treatise on theology of religions and interreligious dialogue. But a basic Christian theological vision is given to philosophy and theology students in approaching other religions through official Church (and the Jesuit) documents. Hope they would suffice.
