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Organizing Jainism in India and England

Hardcover • 1992 • English

Organizing Jainism in India and England

By Marcus Banks

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About the book

Although the Jains have a religious history spanning two-and -a-half millennia Western scholars have shown little interest in them until recently. Drawing on fieldwork conducted among Jains in the Indian state of Gujarat and a migrant Gujarati Jain group in Leicester, England, Marcus Banks aims to provide an understanding of contemporary Jain identity through an examination of their social and religious organizations. The first part of the book describes the array of religious and caste organiz...Show more

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9780198273882

Publisher

Clarendon Press

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

Organizing Jainism in India and England

Format

Hardcover

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