Religious Practice and Democracy in India - Softcover

Pradeep K. Chhibber

Softcover

ISBN 10: 131660120X ISBN 13: 9781316601204

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book demonstrates the close relationship between religion and democracy in India. Religious practice creates ties among citizens that can generate positive and democratic political outcomes. In pursuing this line of inquiry the book questions a dominant strand in some contemporary social sciences - that a religious denomination (Catholic, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, etc.) is sufficient to explain the relationship between religion and politics or that religion and democracy are antithetical to each other. The book makes a strong case for studying religious practice and placing that practice in the panoply of other social practices and showing that religious practice is positively associated with democracy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 131660120X
• ISBN 13: 9781316601204
• Binding: Paperback