Religious Spaces, Urban Poverty, and Interfaith Relations in India

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The phenomenal rise of Hindu nationalism, and the implementation of a series of anti-minority decrees, has raised national and international concerns about the nature and culture of interfaith relations in contemporary India. While Hindu religious identities become increasingly politicized and integrated into nationalist propaganda, some ordinary Indians continue to defy absolute separation between communities. This essay suggests that urban poverty often becomes a context for entangled humanity across lines of faith, as the poor informally use their sacred spaces as arenas for retaining and reviving old and new forms of interreligious coexistence, mutual assistance, and reverence.
Original languageEnglish
JournalCurrent History
Volume121
Issue number834
Pages (from-to)123-128
ISSN0011-3530
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

    Research areas

  • Faculty of Social Sciences - India, religion, interfaith, relations, nationalism, Hinduism, Islam, COVID-19, pandemic

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