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028			_a: Donated by Prof. Romila Thapar
082			_a320.01 BHA
100			_aBharucha, Rustom.
245			_aThe question of Faith. _c/ Rustom Bharucha.
260			_aNew Delhi _b: Orient Longman Limited _c , 1993.
300			_a92p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThe Question of Faith examines the cultural resources underlying manifestations of ‘faith’ in the larger context of communalism and fundamentalism. Countering the economistic and political interpretation of these phenomena, the author focuses instead on the possibilities of resilience contained in the life-sustaining aspects of religious experience and symbology. Exploring different ‘languages’ outside of the social sciences, this monograph travels through the enigmas of the Kumbh Mela and the Ram Lila, the fiction of U. R. Anantha Murthy, the cultural writings of Rammanohar Lohia, and Mahatma Gandhi’s politics of ‘faith’ to offer alternative modes of resisting the violence of our times through a deeper respect for cultural differences and the ambivalences of ‘faith’.
650			_aFaith
700			_aRustom Bharucha
942			_cRBK
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