{"product_id":"becoming-religious-in-a-secular-mark-elmore-9780520290532","title":"Becoming Religious in a Secular Age","description":"Religion is often viewed as a universally ancient element of the human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered its religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, \u003ci\u003eBecoming \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligious \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ein \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ea \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecular \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this discovery and how it transformed a community's relations to its past and to its members, as well as to those outside the community. And, as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity. Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its development. Showing us that to become a modern, ethical subject is to become religious, this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Elmore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520290534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520290532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark Elmore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065001947391,"sku":"9780520290532","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_161630ca-0bea-458a-b489-f23ba0db88f7.jpg?v=1768672484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/becoming-religious-in-a-secular-mark-elmore-9780520290532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}