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Author: Eleanor Zelliot Publisher: ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 296
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This Volume Brings To Light The Phenomenon Of Religious Voices From The Lowest Orders Of Indian Society: Nandanar And Tirupan Alvar In The South; Chokhamela And His Entire Family In Marathi Territory; And, Most Famous Of All, Ravidas In The North. Each Saint Was Born Untouchable And That Fact Is Essential Part Of His And Her Life And Song. The Mixture Of Bhakti Texts And Contemporary Comment Results In An Unusual And Lively Discussion Of An Important Facet Of Indian Religious Life.
Author: Eleanor Zelliot Publisher: ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
This Volume Brings To Light The Phenomenon Of Religious Voices From The Lowest Orders Of Indian Society: Nandanar And Tirupan Alvar In The South; Chokhamela And His Entire Family In Marathi Territory; And, Most Famous Of All, Ravidas In The North. Each Saint Was Born Untouchable And That Fact Is Essential Part Of His And Her Life And Song. The Mixture Of Bhakti Texts And Contemporary Comment Results In An Unusual And Lively Discussion Of An Important Facet Of Indian Religious Life.
Author: Shyamlal Publisher: ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 222
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The Book Presents A Composite Picture Of The Genesis And Development Of Various Untouchable Saints Of Rajasthan And Their Role In The Uplifting Of The Down Trodden.
Author: Arundhati Roy Publisher: Haymarket Books+ORM ISBN: 1608467988 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
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The little-known story of Gandhi’s reluctance to challenge the caste system, and the man who fought fiercely for India’s downtrodden. Democracy hasn’t eradicated caste, argues bestselling author and Booker Prize–winner Arundhati Roy—it has entrenched and modernized it. To understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. Roy states that for more than a half century, Gandhi’s pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, Dalit “untouchables,” and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting, and he also refused to allow lower castes to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives. But there was someone else who had a larger vision of justice—a founding father of the republic and the chief architect of its constitution. In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy introduces us to this contemporary of Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, who challenged the thinking of the time and fought to promote not merely formal democracy, but liberation from the oppression, shame, and poverty imposed on millions of Indians by an archaic caste system. This is a fascinating and surprising look at two men—one of whom has become a worldwide symbol and the other of whom remains unfamiliar to most outside his native country. Praise for Arundhati Roy “Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness.” —Junot Díaz “The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.” —Alice Walker
Author: Dwight N. Hopkins Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317490452 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 504
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'Another World is Possible' examines the many peoples who have mobilized religion and spirituality to forge identity. Some claim direct links to indigenous spiritual practices; others have appropriated externally introduced religions, modifying these with indigenous perspectives and practices. The voices of Black people from around the world are presented in essays ranging from the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Australia to Africa, the UK and the USA. From creation narratives to trickster heroes, from the role of spirituality in HIV positive South Africa to its place in mental health and among the poor, spirituality is shown to be essential to the survival of individuals and communities.
Author: Cokhāmeḷā Publisher: Rowman Altamira ISBN: 9780759108219 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 104
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An untouchable in fourteenth century western India, Chokhamela was cast out of temples because of his status. But his poetry captures this waiting, on the threshold of Hindu temple, without anger, without self-pity. Chokhamela belonged to the varkari tradition of Maharashtra, a sect that worshipped the god Vitthal but questioned the medieval orthodox Hinduism. The varkari tradition emphasizing simplicity is still alive in India today. Chokhamela's verses are remembered not only because he was one of the very first writers in India of the untouchable class. His questionning of his marginality along with his realization of the god's need and love for him, are themes that continue to resonate today.
Author: Joshua Samuel Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004420053 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 276
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In Untouchable Bodies, Resistance, and Liberation Joshua Samuel engages in constructing an embodied comparative theology of liberation by comparing divine possessions among Hindu and Christian Dalits in South India.
Author: Pramanshi Jaideva Publisher: Gyan Publishing House ISBN: 9788178350349 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 348
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1. History and Background 2. Bhakti Movements for Change: Chokhamelaand Eknath3. Mahar and Non-Brahman Movements of NineteenthCentury 4. Mahatma Phule: The Pioneer 5. Socio-Religious Reform Movements 6. The Dravidian Movement 7. Ambedkar's Role 8. Gandhi and Dalits 9. Post Ambedkar Development and Dalit PantherMovement Index
Author: Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara Publisher: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 9788185880433 Category : Dalits Languages : en Pages : 478
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This book is, obviously based on primary source of information. Certain facts were duly corroborated by other sources. It has been objectively analysed, properly interpreted and systematically arranged in a consolidated form. It would be useful as a ready reference to the scholars, interested in undertaking intensive research on individual leaders, and their role in the movement. It would be beneficial to those activists who prefer to take lessons from their past. Therefore, the book is of great value.
Author: Meenakshi Jha Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass ISBN: 8120842995 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 265
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The present era of complexity, anxiety and moral turpitude is in need of spiritual solace and God's grace more than ever before. The established frameworks of religion have not entirely been successful in streamlining the rapport between the maker and the creation. The emergence and progression of bhakti saints is a significant power in this direction. Living exemplary, realised lives on their own terms mostly in opposition to the given frame of life, the bhakti saints heralded a new possibility of the egalitarian order without any bigotry or dogmatism. The book undertakes a probe into the specific contributions made by two hitherto neglected sections of the Indian society, namely women and Sudras. The precepts and lives of these subaltern saints reiterate the possibility of personal salvation and social regeneration, having transformative potential for breaking the barriers of iniquitous, hierarchical structures.
Author: Eleanor Zelliot
Author: Eleanor Zelliot
Author: Shyamlal
Author: K. V. Ramaswamy
Author: Arundhati Roy
Author: Dwight N. Hopkins
Author: Cokhāmeḷā
Author: Joshua Samuel
Author: Pramanshi Jaideva
Author: Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara
Author: Meenakshi Jha