This book provides evidence that the emergence of Asian new religious movements (NRMs) was predominantly the result of anti-colonial ideology from local religio

This volume brings together eleven key essays that debate how the religious and worldly aims of religious movements in pre-modern South Asia have been linked an

The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies, and since the release of the first edition of The Oxford H

Religious ideas and actors have shaped Asian cultural practices for millennia and have played a decisive role in charting the course of its history. In this eng

Religious authority and political power have existed in complex relationships throughout India’s history. The centuries of the ‘early modern’ in South Asi