Religious Practice and Democracy in India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107041509)

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.

Author: Pradeep Chhibber
ISBN-10: 1107041503
ISBN-13: 9781107041509
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2014
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1396