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Lines in Water: Religious Boundaries in South Asia (Gender and Globalization) by Eliza F. Kent (editor), Lines in Water Tazim R. Kassam (editor) is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lines in Water: Religious Boundaries in South Asia (Gender and Globalization) about?
When asked to distinguish between different faiths, Mughal prince Dara Shikoh is said to have replied, “How do you draw a line in water?” Inspired by this question, the essays in this volume illustrate how ordinary people in South Asia and the diaspora negotiate their religious identities and encounters in creative, complex, and diverse ways. Taking the approach that narratives “from below” provide the richest insight into the dynamics of religious pluralism, the authors examine life histories,
Who reads Lines in Water: Religious Boundaries in South Asia (Gender and Globalization)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Eliza F. Kent (editor), Lines in Water Tazim R. Kassam (editor)
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780815633198
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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