religion
This is a listing of every resource tagged with 'religion'.
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| Mapping the Middle East: Geography, Politics, and Religion |
| This interactive, map-based resource allows users to highlight individual countries of the Middle East for information about leadership, suffrage, and religious make-up. Also included are a quiz and secondary maps about Muslim populations throughout the world by number, percentage of population, and Shi'a/Sunni breakdown. |
| Portrait of Raja Rammohun Roy |
| Three-quarters-length portrait of Rammohun Roy; engraving based on painting by Henry Perronet Briggs. Frontispiece to The English Works of Raja Rammohun Roy. |
| The Relations of the Sexes |
| An excerpt from A History of the Arya Samaj (1915), describing improvements in the lives of Hindu women in India |
| "On Wahabism" |
| Letter sent by Syed Ahmad Khan to the editor of the Pioneer regarding British misunderstanding of Wahabism |
| Country Profile: India |
| Brief overview of India's history, geography and demography, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. |
| Country Profile: Pakistan |
| Brief overview of Pakistan's history, geography, demographics, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. |
| Columns of Jama Masjid |
| Photograph of people seated by the columns encircling the Jama Masjid in Delhi, India. The mosque was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1656. |
| Jama Masjid (I) |
| Photograph of the facade of the Jama Masjid in Delhi, India. The mosque was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1656. |
| Jama Masjid (II) |
| Photograph of the Jama Masjid of Delhi, India. The mosque was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1656. |
| Main Courtyard of Jama Masjid (I) |
| Photograph of the main courtyard of the Jama Masjid in Delhi. The mosque was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1656. |
| Main Courtyard of Jama Masjid (II) |
| Photograph of the main courtyard of Jama Masjid in Delhi. The mosque was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1656. |
| Security Guard |
| Photograph of a security guard at the Jama Masjid in Delhi |
| Small Temple |
| Photograph of a small temple in Old Delhi, adorned by a large idol of Krishna. A cycle-rickshaw passes by in the foreground. |
| Gauri Shankar Mandir |
| Short video of men outside a Hindu temple in Delhi, making garlands to be sold to worshippers and used for religious offerings |
| Barber Shop |
| Short video of men getting haircuts in Delhi's INA Market |
| Tengboche Cultural Center proposal |
| A ten-page funding proposal for building a cultural center, including museum and library, and a residence building for boys undergoing monastic training at Tengboche Monastery, at Tengboche, Nepal. The proposal was motivated by concern for the survival of traditional Sherpa culture. |
| Gandhi and Nehru |
| In this brief video Nicholas Dirks (professor of anthropology, Columbia University) argues that it is a mistake to characterize Gandhi as the spiritual leader, Nehru as the political leader of India. Gandhi was highly aware of the political implications of anything he did. He described his life in politics as a life of spiritual seeking and saw no real distinction between the world of politics and the world of religion. Nehru's 1919 encounter with Gandhi changed his life; he joined the nationalist movement and became a follower of Gandhi both spiritually and politically. |
| Syllabus for "Introduction to South Asian History and Culture" |
| An interactive syllabus, with hyperlinked digital resources, for Fall 2005 Columbia University anthropology course "Introduction to South Asian History and Culture." The course introduces seminal writings in the emergence of modernity on the Indian subcontinent, surveying major figures who helped shape social and political struggles during the British colonial period (roughly 1818-1947). It examines debates about religious reform, the role of women, nation formation, and caste stratification. The course analyzes, among other things, what was at stake in formulations of "tradition"and "modernity," how these formulations relate to contemporary issues and everyday life in South Asia, and how concepts such as gender, caste, religion, and nation change over time. |
| Modern South Asia Timeline: Social Movements, Political Events, and Intellectual Production |
| An interactive timeline, with hyperlinked documents, maps, short biographies, and other material, focusing on the modern history of the Indian subcontinent. The timeline covers the nineteenth-century religious reforms instituted by Indian intellectuals and British colonial officials and the nationalist movements leading to the 1947 independence of India and the creation of Pakistan. It provides a brief overview of earlier cultural and political events (the Brahmanical tradition, the Mughal period) that influenced debates of the British colonial period. It also lists key events, post-1947 to the 1990s, relevant to contemporary anthropological questions regarding caste, gender, and ethnic conflict. The timeline was prepared in conjunction with Columbia University anthropology course "Introduction to South Asian History and Culture" (Fall 2005). |
| Web site for "Introduction to South Asian History and Culture" |
| Class web site for Fall 2005 Columbia University anthropology course "Introduction to South Asian History and Culture." The website includes an interactive syllabus (with hyperlinked digital resources including texts, maps, photographs, audio, and video) and an interactive timeline of modern South Asia history (with further hyperlinked resources). The course introduces seminal writings in the emergence of modernity on the Indian subcontinent, surveying major figures who helped shape social and political struggles during the British colonial period (roughly 1818-1947). It examines debates about religious reform, the role of women, nation formation, and caste stratification, and analyzes what was at stake in formulations of "tradition" and "modernity," how these formulations relate to contemporary issues and everyday life in South Asia, and how concepts such as gender, caste, religion, and nation change over time. The timeline was designed to provide greater historical context for the course readings. It focuses particularly on the 1818-1947 period, but also provides a brief overview of earlier cultural and political eras and highlights key events, post-1947 to the 1990s, relevant to contemporary anthropological questions regarding caste, gender, and ethnic conflict. |
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