#Family_and_marriage
#Religion_and_Society
Hesitancy towards inter-faith marriage in India
Relevance of religion & caste in Indian marriage s/m
https://thewire.in/religion/majority-of-indians-across-religions-oppose-inter-religious-marriage-study
#Religion_and_Society
Hesitancy towards inter-faith marriage in India
Relevance of religion & caste in Indian marriage s/m
https://thewire.in/religion/majority-of-indians-across-religions-oppose-inter-religious-marriage-study
The Wire
Majority of Indians Across Religions Oppose Inter-Religious Marriage: Study
The Pew Research Center survey has also captured the anxieties felt by the Muslim minorities who “take pride in being Indian” but also acknowledge that communal tensions have been intentionally stoked to cause segregation.
#Secularisation
#Religion_and_Society
Anti-radicalisation policies may threaten the relationship between the citizen and the state
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/global-extremes/religion-and-state-unintended-effects-anti-radicalisation-policies/
#Religion_and_Society
Anti-radicalisation policies may threaten the relationship between the citizen and the state
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/global-extremes/religion-and-state-unintended-effects-anti-radicalisation-policies/
openDemocracy
Religion and the state: unintended effects of anti-radicalisation policies
European governments’ anti-radicalisation policies may threaten the relationship between the citizen and the state
#Caste_System
#Religion_and_Society
Hindus must reflect, drive change
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-system-hindus-must-reflect-drive-change-7548570/
#Religion_and_Society
Hindus must reflect, drive change
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-system-hindus-must-reflect-drive-change-7548570/
The Indian Express
Caste system: Hindus must reflect, drive change
Anantanand Rambachan writes: I was challenged by the Bishop’s denunciation to recognise that he encountered Hinduism in ways radically different from my own experience.
#Religion_and_Society
#communalism
Deepening of the communal divide
Targeted attack on Hindus in Kashmir & Bangladesh
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/violence-and-communalism-south-asias-disturbing-commonality-7580597/
#communalism
Deepening of the communal divide
Targeted attack on Hindus in Kashmir & Bangladesh
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/violence-and-communalism-south-asias-disturbing-commonality-7580597/
The Indian Express
Violence and communalism: South Asia’s disturbing commonality
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Fundamentalists, even as they create walls between communities, recognise that South Asia has a connected destiny: They bank on it to achieve their ends
#Religion_and_Society
Religion and science in ‘New India’
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/religion-and-science-in-new-india-1040922.html
Religion and science in ‘New India’
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/religion-and-science-in-new-india-1040922.html
Deccan Herald
Religion and science in ‘New India’
In the journey of human civilisation, cosmologies came to represent the distilled wisdom of humankind, accumulated over millennia in its quest for survival in the face of the adversities of nature
#religion_and_society
#suicide
#Emile_Durkheim
The inverse relation between despair deaths and religiosity
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-arts/chen-books/saved-through-religion/article65853269.ece/amp/
#suicide
#Emile_Durkheim
The inverse relation between despair deaths and religiosity
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-arts/chen-books/saved-through-religion/article65853269.ece/amp/
Thehindu
Saved through religion
In the U.S., there seems to be an inverse relation between despair deaths and religiosity
#religion_and_society
#Religion_in_modern_society_religion_and_science
Can science and religion coexist?
https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/can-science-and-religion-coexist/
#Religion_in_modern_society_religion_and_science
Can science and religion coexist?
https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/can-science-and-religion-coexist/
The Michigan Daily
Can science and religion coexist?
Though they both attempt to explain the world, religion and science are essentially opposites. Science relies on testable empirical evidence, while religion is subjective, meaning any “evidence” exists in our own minds and the writings of our ancestors —…
#secularism
#religion_and_society
Why India must move past its ambivalent secularism towards the notion of a uniform citizenship
https://scroll.in/article/1034612/why-india-must-move-past-its-ambivalent-secularism-towards-the-notion-of-a-uniform-citizenship
#religion_and_society
Why India must move past its ambivalent secularism towards the notion of a uniform citizenship
https://scroll.in/article/1034612/why-india-must-move-past-its-ambivalent-secularism-towards-the-notion-of-a-uniform-citizenship
Scroll.in
Why India must move past its ambivalent secularism towards the notion of a uniform citizenship
Having defined secularism as poly-religiosity rather than state neutrality toward religions, the Indian polity finds itself shuttling between extremes.
#religion_and_society
#social_theories
Sociological Perspectives on Religion
https://pressbooks.howardcc.edu/soci101/chapter/17-3-sociological-perspectives-on-religion/
#social_theories
Sociological Perspectives on Religion
https://pressbooks.howardcc.edu/soci101/chapter/17-3-sociological-perspectives-on-religion/
#minorities
#religion_and_society
India tops list of most inclusive nation for religious minorities: Report
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/global-minority-report-by-center-for-policy-analysis-india-tops-most-inclusive-nation-religious-minorities-2303372-2022-11-29
#religion_and_society
India tops list of most inclusive nation for religious minorities: Report
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/global-minority-report-by-center-for-policy-analysis-india-tops-most-inclusive-nation-religious-minorities-2303372-2022-11-29
India Today
India tops list of most inclusive nation for religious minorities, US ranked 5th: Report
The report is based on conceptual issues relating to human rights, minorities, concept of religious freedom and culture dilemma of religious minorities, cause of religious differences and more.
#Constitution_law_and_social_change
#reproductive_right
#religion_and_society
Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/interviews/health/amp/laws-alone-won-t-end-female-genital-mutilation-in-india-mariya-taher-87606
#reproductive_right
#religion_and_society
Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/interviews/health/amp/laws-alone-won-t-end-female-genital-mutilation-in-india-mariya-taher-87606
DownToEarth
Laws alone won’t end female genital mutilation in India: Mariya Taher
Down To Earth speaks to Mariya Taher, the co-founder and United States executive director of non-profit Sahiyo on Female Genital Mutilation in India
#minorities
#religion_and_society
#power_elite
Religious absolutism undermining the autonomy of the Indian Muslim
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/religious-absolutism-undermining-the-autonomy-of-the-indian-muslim/article66642937.ece/amp/
#religion_and_society
#power_elite
Religious absolutism undermining the autonomy of the Indian Muslim
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/religious-absolutism-undermining-the-autonomy-of-the-indian-muslim/article66642937.ece/amp/
The Hindu
Religious absolutism undermining the autonomy of the Indian Muslim
The community needs to question how some religious bodies, in the name of protecting an unreformed personal law, continue to issue blinkered advisories to establish their authority
#Caste_system_in_India
#minorities
#religion_and_society
Scheduled Caste Status for Dalit Muslims and Christians
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/27/commentary/scheduled-caste-status-dalit-muslims-and.html
#minorities
#religion_and_society
Scheduled Caste Status for Dalit Muslims and Christians
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/27/commentary/scheduled-caste-status-dalit-muslims-and.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Scheduled Caste Status for Dalit Muslims and Christians : A
The case of Dalit Muslims and Christians for being qualified as Scheduled Caste is obfuscated by a host of denials or fallacious arguments offered by their religious elites and by successive
#modernity_and_social_changes
#BR_Ambedkar
#religion_and_society
How Ambedkar Bridged the Gap Between Religious Identity and Western Modernity Through Buddhism
https://thewire.in/society/how-ambedkar-bridged-the-gap-between-religious-identity-and-western-modernity-through-buddhism
#BR_Ambedkar
#religion_and_society
How Ambedkar Bridged the Gap Between Religious Identity and Western Modernity Through Buddhism
https://thewire.in/society/how-ambedkar-bridged-the-gap-between-religious-identity-and-western-modernity-through-buddhism
The Wire
How Ambedkar Bridged the Gap Between Religious Identity and Western Modernity Through Buddhism
According to Ambedkar, Buddhism upholds humanism, individual freedom, and a peaceful coexistence, and therefore, is suitable for the modern times.