Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Contents Preface 1 Celebration of tribal and analogous cultures 2 Globalization and tribes of Northeast India 3 Education and social upliftment of tribals 4 Dams and tribal people in India 5 Globalization identity and culture tribal issues in India 6 Cultural diversity religious syncretism and people of India an anthropological interpretation 7 Dimensions of tribal health in India 8 Education of tribal children in India and the issue of medium of instruction 9 Tribal traditional urban art practices contextuality and transcendence 10 Tribal women in local governance 11 Christianity and tribal religion in Jharkhand procalamation self definition and transformation12 Consumerism in tribal India 13 Socio-economic upliftment of tribal communities in Jharkhand through agroforestry based farming 14 Situations of religion in India 15 Tribal women?s livelihood in forest based industries in rural India 16 Status of religion in tribal areas 17 Anti colonial tribal movements in India BibliographyAmong the 68 million citizens of India who are members of tribal groups the religious concepts terminologies and practices are as varied as the hundreds of tribes but members of these groups have one thing in common they are under constant pressure from the major organized religions One of the most studied tribal religious is that of the Santhal of Orissa Bihar and West Bengal one of the largest tribes in India having a population estimated at 42 million According to the 1991 census however only 23645 people listed Santal as their religious belief 280 pp. Seller Inventory # 99635