Religious Sects and Social Development: A Comparative Study of Jains, Christians, and Sikhs

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The interplay between religious ethics and economic development has been one of the focal themes of sociological reasoning and research. Max Weber was the most influential sociologist to establish a positive relationship between the Protestant sect and the development of capitalism in the West. He also around the controversy that religion of India, particularly Hindusim, is not conducive to the development of capitalism. The book examines the relationship between religious sects of Christianity, Jainism and Sikhism and the level of their social development in the city of Agra. It also examines social development vis-a-vis social and religious practices of the sect, interplay between sect and society, conflict and harmony, and, modernism and development. It is a study that can remove the stigma attached to Indian religions in hindering development. Based on extensive fieldwork, this important contribution to the field of Sociology of Religion will prove useful to student, researches, teachers and intellectuals.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Poornima Jain

Dr. (Mrs.) Jain is Head of the department of sociology and political Science at D.E.I. (Deemed University) Agra and Ex-Dean of the faculty of Social Sciences. She has passed her M.A. (Sociology) from the Institute of Social Sciences, Agra University, Agra and had received gold Medal for securing Ist position. She has done her M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Sociology) from J.N.U., New Delhi. She has attended more than fifty five National and International Seminars and conferences and has presented papers. She has organized two national seminars and has been Governor and chairperson of various technical sessions at National Seminars. She has been invited to deliver special lectures. She had been member of the Advisary committee of the UGC Academic Staff college A.M.U. Aligrah. Her an other book an "Social Development with reference to Jain, Christian and Sikh seets in Agra," is under publication by Rawat Publications, Jaipur.