Militancy and non-secularism

[Alf Hiltebeitel]

Consult Ashish Nandy, The Intimate Enemy.

Alf Hiltebeitel
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Columbian School Professor of Religion and Human Sciences
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On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Laurie L. Patton wrote:

> "semitic transformation of Hinduism?" pisses me off. lp
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> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Swaminathan Madhuresan wrote:
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> > > 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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