Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India

ISBN-13: 9780190088897 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 296 str.

Caleb Simmons

Recenzje

This is a wellcrafted, richly detailed analysis of two kings that should be of great value to anyone with an interest in the idioms of sovereignty in early modern, colonial, and contemporary India.

O autorze

Dr. Caleb Simmons (Ph.D. in Religion, University of Florida) specializes in religion in South Asia, especially Hinduism. His research specialties span religion and state-formation in medieval and colonial India to contemporary transnational aspects of Hinduism. He has publications and continuing research interests related to a broad range of contemporary topics, including ecological issues and sacred geography in India; South Asian diaspora communities; and material and popular cultures that arise as a result of globalization-especially South Asian religions as portrayed in comic books and graphic novels. He teaches courses on Hinduism, Indian religions, and method and theory of Religious Studies.