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Secular India or Hindu Nation: A Short History

Ananya Vajpeyi
April 19, 2024May 9, 2024

Modi chose Varanasi as his electoral constituency, since it is the holiest city for Hindus, but he had his sights set on Ayodhya.

What is so Special about Kashmir’s Special Status?

Series: The Revoking of Kashmir's Special Status

Abir Bazaz
November 12, 2019January 4, 2020

Though the Hindu and Muslim religious cultures in India and Pakistan offer us fantasies of Kashmir as either a sacred Hindu space or a lost Muslim paradise, the actual Kashmiri Hindu and Muslim religious culture affirms Kashmir as a heterodox and plural spiritual space.

Toward a Common Respectful Attentiveness to Religions

Series: Religion Book Symposium

Francis X. Clooney, SJ
March 9, 2018March 16, 2018

Christian Smith helps us see that people who are religious can more confidently lay our claim to a public sphere which is no longer a neutral, secular space.

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Secular India or Hindu Nation: A Short History

What is so Special about Kashmir’s Special Status?

Toward a Common Respectful Attentiveness to Religions