Militancy and non-secularism

Wed Jan 27 17:46:30 UTC 1999

"semitic transformation of Hinduism?" pisses me off. lp

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Laurie L. Patton
Dept. of Religion, Emory University
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Please note: It may be several days before I get a chance to make a
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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Swaminathan Madhuresan wrote:

> > Are increasing militancy and non-secularism appropriate indological
> > pursuits? If so, it would be interesting to see unemotional
> scholarship
> > on why Hindu militancy is rising at a disproportionately higher rate
> than
> > other militancy. It would also be interesting to try and relate the
> ebbs and
> > tides of secularism in India compared with experiences of other
> cultures.
>
>  India is being remade in the image of Pakistan, Iran and Iraq.
>  Another aspect of semitic transformation of Hinduism?
>
>  Swaminathan Madhuresan
>
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