Concept of God and Religion : Traditional Thought and Contemporary Society
Contents: Introductory preface. 1. Religious life of the Assamese Sikhs/Birinchi K. Medhi. 2. Ethno cultural and ethno religious scenario of the people of Assam through the ages/R.P. Athparia. 3. Perspectives in religion and religious diversity in India/Gautam Kumar Bera. 4. Cosmo Theandric anthropology: emerging trends in anthropology of religions/Joy Thomas SVD. 5. Anthropology of religion/Vijoy S. Sahay. 6. Religions today: perspectives for the contemporary society/K. Jose SVD and Manoj Antony SVD. 7. The concept of God in Islam/Pushpa Anbu SVD. 8. Society and religion-a sociological analysis/Surojit Sen Gupta. 9. Concept of God and peaceful coexistence/Tom Mangattuthazhe. 10. Indigenous spirituality/Paul Pudussery CSC. 11. Merging religion with politics in a secular age: Gandhiji\'s interpretation of God, religion and politics/Nishkant Kolge and Roshani Rai. 12. Religion and its various forms and manigestations: a few case studies/Samita Manna. 13. Tribal concept of God and spirits/Francis Pereira SVD. 14. Islam and Muslims in Darjeeling Himalaya: some empirical observations/Rajib Chatterjee. 15. Bathou religion and its transition/Luke Daimary. 16. Syncretic religious cults of Sundarban Delta/Binita Basu. 17. Religious beliefs and rituals among riang/Jannet Tellis. 18. Aspects of death and disposal among the Tengapania Deoris of Assam/Arifur Zaman. 19. Religious pluralism among the Kinnaurese/Sumitabha Chakraborty. 20. Neo-Vaishnavism and social harmony in Assam/Ravi Khangai. 21. Concept of God and religion among the tribes of Tripura/Bikash Bhargab Sarma. 22. A conceptual analysis on the tribal religion of Tripura/Lincoln Reang. 23. Ultapani: a new religious belief of the Mech/Paulami Chattopadhyay. 24. God demons and spirits: wisdom of Lepcha Munism/Sumitabha Chakraborty. 25. The Ramakrishna Mission movement in the Khasi hills during the pre Independence period/Satyadeo Poddar and Nirmalya Karmakar. 26. Valedictory address/Saroj Chaudhury.