TY - BOOK ID - 77886719 TI - Religion and identity in South Asia and beyond : essays in honor of Patrick Olivelle AU - Olivelle, Patrick AU - Lindquist, Steven E. PY - 2011 SN - 1280492074 9786613587305 0857288113 9780857288110 9780857287908 0857287907 9781783080670 1783080671 PB - London: Anthem press, DB - UniCat KW - South Asia KW - Religion. KW - Religion and literature KW - Religion and sociology KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Sociology KW - Literature KW - Literature and religion KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - Religion KW - Religion and literature - South Asia KW - Religion and sociology - South Asia KW - South Asia - Religion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77886719 AB - This volume brings together sixteen articles on the religions, literatures and histories of South and Central Asia in tribute to Patrick Olivelle, one of North America's leading Sanskritists and historians of early India. An exceptionally prolific scholar, Olivelle's best-known works include 'Manu's Code of Law (2005), 'The Early Upanisads' (1998) and 'The Āśrama System' (1993). Over the last four decades, the focus of his scholarship has been on the ascentic and legal traditions of India, but his work as both a researcher and a teacher extends beyond early Indian religion and literature. [Title] is a testament to that influence. The contributions in this volume, many by former students of Olivelle, are committed to linguistic and historical rigor, combined with sensitivity to how the study of Asia has been changing over the last few decades. Several of the essays examine the construction of religious and cultural identity (whether among Brahmins, Buddhists, Dalits, or Muslims), while others are concerned particularly with problems of historical reconstruction and textual interpretation ER -