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Subaltern Saints in India: Women and Sudras in Bhakti Movement
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Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
| Author:
Meenakshi Jha
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Author:
Meenakshi Jha
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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The present era of complexity, anxiety, and moral turpitude is in need of spiritual solace and God’s grace more than ever before. The established frameworks of religion have not entirely been successful in streamlining the rapport between the maker and the creation. The emergence and progression of bhakti saints are significant pointers in this direction. Living exemplary, realized lives on their own terms mostly in opposition to the given frame of life, the bhakti saints heralded a new possibility of the egalitarian order without any bigotry or dogmatism. The book undertakes a probe into the specific contributions made by two hitherto neglected sections of Indian society, namely women and Sudras. The precepts and lives of these subaltern saints reiterate the possibility of personal salvation and social regeneration, having transformative potential for breaking the barriers of iniquitous, hierarchical structures.
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The present era of complexity, anxiety, and moral turpitude is in need of spiritual solace and God’s grace more than ever before. The established frameworks of religion have not entirely been successful in streamlining the rapport between the maker and the creation. The emergence and progression of bhakti saints are significant pointers in this direction. Living exemplary, realized lives on their own terms mostly in opposition to the given frame of life, the bhakti saints heralded a new possibility of the egalitarian order without any bigotry or dogmatism. The book undertakes a probe into the specific contributions made by two hitherto neglected sections of Indian society, namely women and Sudras. The precepts and lives of these subaltern saints reiterate the possibility of personal salvation and social regeneration, having transformative potential for breaking the barriers of iniquitous, hierarchical structures.
About Author
Dr Meenakshi Jha is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. She has been actively engaged with the projects, workshops, and programs of the Centre along with editing its prominent publications including books, a newsletter, and a journal for the last sixteen years. In addition to her teaching assignments and doctoral supervision, she has contributed several research papers on gender and culture studies. The present book is based on her doctoral research on women and sudras in bhakti discourse.
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