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RELIGION, SCIENCE and SOCIETY: INDIAN CONTEXT
Religion and Science have been two major phenomenon of human so-ciety. Religion encompasses moral values on one side, faith and rituals on the other. Science is the attempt of society to grapple with the truth of nature in a rational manner. Religion developed in different societies in diverse ways. Science is an enterprise where global efforts contribute to a single endeavor. Religion has been used as a cover for expansion of Empires in the earlier times and currently the major im-perialist goal of control over oil resources is masquerading under the phenomenon of terrorism, which sounds to be emerging from religion. In India from last three decades in particular politics is wearing the clothes of religion. The issues related to religion are thrown up to whip up moss hysteria, under the din of which the real issues of society get undermined and society is polarized. This book is a compilation of articles and essays which have been writ-ten to engage with issues related to these two phenomenon, religion and science, mainly in Indian context. The major global context is also taken up. The range of topics is very broad, covering from origin of religion and its facets to present phenomenon of violence in the name of religion,
About the Author
Ram Puniyani, is a former professor of IIT Bombay, who has been engaged in activism and writing to pro-mote communal harmony and national integration. Has written several books like Communal Politics (Sage 2002], Second Assassination of Gandhi (Media House 2003), Caste and Communalism (Olive, 20151, Ambedkor and Hindutva Politics (Pharos Media, 2016), Has been recipient of Indira Gandhi National Integration Award [2006], National Integration Award (2007),
Contents
Preface
Prelude
Section I
RELIGION AND HUMAN SOCIETY
Religion through Ages
Dharma-yuddha, Crusade and Jihad
Section II
RELIGION: INDIAN CONTEXT
Hinduism through Ages
Shared Heritage: Shared Aspiration-Challenges for India
Social Perceptions and Communal Violence
Secularization Process, Caste and gender Equality in India
Freedom of Religions in Semi Secularized Societies: Case of India
Hindu Nationalism versus Indian Nationalism
Is ‘Hindu’ Our Identity And Nationalism?
Religious Tolerance and Secularism
State must not organize religious festivals
Religion in Modern Context: India
Section III REASON, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Science and Society
Rational Thought in Indian Tradition
Section IV
Undermining Reason: Contemporary India
Cow’s Urine as Medicine!
Sabarimala Makara Jyothi: Man Made ‘Divinity’
God Doesn’t Need Wealth, We Do Modi,
Science and Magic of Mythological Fiction
Rationalists Must Win the Day 20.
Yogi and the Profane Laws
Section V SILENCING REASON
Intolerance has Gone up due to Sectarianism
Who Killed Narendra Dabholkar?
Killing a Rationalist: M.M. Kalburgi
Govind Pansare: Struggle for Dignity,
Rights and Rationalism
Section VI Education for Hindutva
RSS-BJP: Manipulating for Hindutva
Section VII
Religion in Politics: Global Scene .
Globalization, Rise of Fundamentalism in Contemporary Politics
New Language for Imperialist Exploitation-`Clash of Civilizations’
Vicious Cycle of Islamophobia
Swami, Sangh and Terror Links
Section VIII
Coming times: Role of Religion: Crystal Ball
Religion, Atheism and Secularism
Contemporary Global Crisis: due to Religion or Politics?
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