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The first edition of this volume was published in 1981. Ten of the original nineteen chapters were presented as papers at a conference on ‘Religion in Modern India’ at the University of Iowa in 1980 organized by the editor. Wide acceptance of this work suggested the desirability of a second edition. That edition, published in 1989, dropped a couple of original essays and added chapters by N. Gerald Barrier on the Sikhs, Eric ...
This important volume is a major contribution to the interface between religion and law in independent India. The result of a cooperative international project, this multidisciplinary volume includes essays by eminent jurists, legal scholars, historians of religions, political scientists and Sanskritists from India and abroad. This revised and updated edition has new essays on subjects such as the structure of religion and law in India; legal issues affecting the ...