Science and Religion in India (Routledge Science and Religion Series) - Softcover

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Thomas, Renny

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9781032100616: Science and Religion in India (Routledge Science and Religion Series)
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ISBN 10: 1032100613 ISBN 13: 9781032100616
Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists and shedding valuable light on their engagement with religion. Drawing on biographical, autobiographical, historical, and ethnographic material, the volume focuses on scientists’ religious life and practices, and the variety of ways in which they express them. Renny Thomas challenges the idea that science and religion in India are naturally connected and argues that the discussion has to go beyond binary models of ‘conflict’ and ‘complementarity’. By complicating the understanding of science and religion in India, the book engages with new ways of looking at these categories.

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About the Author

Renny Thomas is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032100613
ISBN 13 
9781032100616
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
214
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