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Organizing Jainism in India and England

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This is one of the first book-length studies of the Jains as a migrant group overseas, where they are studied in their own right rather than simply as an ethnic minority. The author describes the religious and caste organizations of the Jains. He also examines the use and transformation of urban space by religious and other groups, and he concludes with comments on the definition of religion and religious identity. The study will be valuable both for its documentation of a small but influential population and for its direct ...

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Organizing Jainism in India and England 1992, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780198273882

Hardcover