Chhattisgarh: A Charismatic Kingdom
Chhattisgarh: A Charismatic Kingdom

Author: Diamond Magazines

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9394598200

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Chhattisgarh is blessed with a rich cultural legacy and beautiful natural diversity. The state, with its ten-thousand-year-old culture, offers enormous contributions to please tourists and the devouts. Chhattisgarh, a mythical region, is a haven for nature with its beguilingly beautiful towering peaks, breathtaking waterfalls, and mesmerising wildlife, which is home to many wild and unique creatures. The state has elements of folklore, mysterious caves, thrilling adventures, and vibrant festivals. Its natural beauty is still intact, and its culture is rich in intriguing historical landmarks and ancient forts. Through eco-friendly methods, the indigenous tribes of Chhattisgarh have played a crucial part in maintaining and preserving the natural ecology for generations. It is fair to describe Chhattisgarh as a charismatic kingdom. It displays an intriguing fusion of traditional and modern cultures. The enthralling state of Chattisgarh portrays a true recreation of ancient India through a blend of local and tribal people's culture, arts, and traditions. The marvels of the state are revealed in this book's eight chapters. This book covers the impressions of Chhattisgarh’s true beauty, rawness, vibrancy, and spirit to give you an insight of this enchanting place!

Operation World
Operation World

Author: Jason Mandryk

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2010-10-15

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13: 083089599X

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The definitive guide to global prayer has been updated and revised to cover the entire populated world. Whether you are an intercessor praying behind the scenes or a missionary abroad, Operation World gives you the information you need to play a vital role in fulfilling the Great Commission. (Copublished with Global Mapping International.)

Religious Division and Social Conflict
Religious Division and Social Conflict

Author: Peggy Froerer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1351378120

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This book is an ethnographic account of the emergence of Hindu nationalism in a tribal (adivasi) community in Chhattisgarh, central India. It is argued that the successful spread of Hindu nationalism in this area is due to the involvement of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a militant Hindu nationalist organization, in local affairs. While active engagement in 'civilizing' strategies has enabled the RSS to legitimize its presence and endear itself to the local community, the book argues that participation in more aggressive strategies has made it possible for this organization to fuel and attach local tensions to a broader Hindu nationalist agenda.

Mixed Blessings
Mixed Blessings

Author: Judy Brink

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1136659102

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Taking a woman-centered approach, Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of the intersection of gender and fundamentalism. The impact of fundamentalism for some women has been beneficial and has lead to greater economic power and autonomy. In other areas women must maneuver within the constraints of fundamentalism to gain power and autonomy.

Environmental Law and Policy in India
Environmental Law and Policy in India

Author: Shyam Divan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-10-22

Total Pages: 1009

ISBN-13: 0192865455

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Environmental law and policy in India affects all sections of society. Those most deeply affected by it are the poor. They are the first victims of poor sanitation, polluted air, and contaminated water. Since the 1970s, efforts to protect environmental quality have met with limited success, posing enduring challenges for policy designers and decision-makers entrusted with protecting and preserving natural resources. This edition of Environmental Law and Policy retains the familiar analytical structure of the second edition and includes all major developments since then. It focuses on Indian environmental law, policies, problems, and needs with the comprehensiveness of an American law case book, compiles all the leading cases in environmental law in India with concise extracts of landmark judgments and policy documents, and provides discussions on projects which could potentially degrade the environment. This volume also covers air and water pollution, forests, wildlife, noise pollution, common property resources and tribal communities, environmental impact assessment, coastal regulations, large projects, urban problems, the National Green Tribunal, hazardous substances, transnational environmental policies, and international environment law. It is interlaced with notes, comments, and questions intended to encourage critical thinking amongst lawyers and law students.

Vernacular Politics in Northeast India
Vernacular Politics in Northeast India

Author: Jelle J. P. Wouters

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-05-16

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0192678264

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Perhaps nowhere in India is contemporary politics and visions of 'the political' as diverse, animated, uncontainable, and poorly understood as in Northeast India. Vernacular Politics in Northeast India offers penetrating accounts into what guides and animates Northeast India's spirited political sphere, including the categories and values through which its peoples conceive of their 'political' lives. Fourteen essays by anthropologists, political scientists, historians, and geographers think their way afresh into the region's political life and sense. Collectively they show how different communities, instead of adjusting themselves to modern democratic ideals, adjust democracy to themselves, how ethnicity has become a politically pregnant expression of local identities, and how forms and politics of indigeneity assume a life of its own as it is taken on, articulated, reworked, and fought over by peoples.

Global Renewal Christianity
Global Renewal Christianity

Author: Amos Yong

Publisher: Charisma Media

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1629986887

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The growth of Spirit-empowered Christianity has been nothing short of phenomenal. From a handful of believers in the early twentieth century to a global movement today numbering over 600 million people in almost every culture and denomination, those who embrace the Holy Spirit and His gifts are now the fastest growing religious group in the world. This book is an authoritative collection from more than two dozen leaders in and scholars of the Spirit-empowered movement in Asia and Oceania. Focusing on the future of the movement, these world-renowned scholars address the theological and cultural challenges of the new century and share emerging insights on how the next generation will face them.

India
India

Author: John Harriss

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1509539727

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India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century. In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, and political changes occurring in India today, and their implications for the people of India and the world. Each of the book’s fourteen chapters seeks to answer a key question: Is India’s democracy under threat? Can India’s Growth be sustained? How are youth changing India? Drawing on a wealth of scholarly and popular material as well as their own experience researching the country during this period of major transformation, the authors draw the reader into key debates about economic growth, poverty, environmental justice, the character of Indian democracy, rights and social movements, gender, caste, education, and foreign policy. India, they conclude, has undergone some extraordinary and positive changes since the early 1990s but deeply worrying threats remain: increasing authoritarianism, growing inequality, entrenched poverty, and environmental vulnerability. How India responds to these crucial challenges will shape the world’s largest democracy for years to come.

Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1, Historical Perspectives

Author: Timothy Samuel Shah

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781107124585

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In Volume 1 of Christianity and Freedom, leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of basic human rights and freedoms from antiquity through today. These include radical notions of dignity and equality, religious freedom, liberty of conscience, limited government, consent of the governed, economic liberty, autonomous civil society, and church-state separation, as well as more recent advances in democracy, human rights, and human development. Acknowledging that the record is mixed, scholars document how the seeds of freedom in Christianity antedate and ultimately undermine later Christian justifications and practices of persecution. Drawing from history, political science, and sociology, this volume will become a standard reference work for historians, political scientists, theologians, students, journalists, business leaders, opinion shapers, and policymakers.

Interfaith Relations After One Hundred Years
Interfaith Relations After One Hundred Years

Author: Marina Ngursangzeli Behera

Publisher: Regnum Edinburgh 2010

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781610979108

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Description: Edinburgh 2010 has a special relevance for Christians in India particularly when we consider the contributions Indian Christians continue to make both academically as well as in their day-to-day lives to living out and promoting interfaith relations and interfaith dialogue. For the typical Indian Christian, living with a neighbor of another faith is a daily reality and this pluralism has also influenced Christians in India to view ecumenism in a realistic and appreciative manner. The essays in this book reflect not only this acceptance and celebration of pluralism within India but also by extension an acceptance as well as a need for unity among Indian Christians of different denominations. The essays were presented and studied at a preparatory consultation on Study Theme II: Christian Mission Among Other Faiths under the theme ""Interfaith Relations Among Other Faiths "" at the United Theological College, Bangalore, India from 17th - 19th July 2009. Interfaith Relations After One Hundred Years: Christian Mission Among Other Faiths contains material, which it is hoped will contribute to the aims of the overall Edinburgh 2010 publications, to be studied and reflected on both in the Church and for academic purposes. About the Contributor(s): Dr. Marina Ngursangzeli Behera, from the Presbyterian Church of India, Mizoram Synod, is an Associate Professor and currently teaches in the Department of History of Christianity at the United Theological College, Bangalore. She is also the Chairperson of the department.