‘A Nation without a Soul’
Religious Studies in the Indian University
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v2i1.7Keywords:
colonial india, higher education, Radhakrishnan, secularismAbstract
This is an essay about the role of religion in one aspect of indian public life, higher education. Despite the fact that religion is ubiquitous in indian society, in universities the academic study of religion is conspicuous by its absence. At the conclusion to this essay, i will suggest two reasons for this surprising gap. Before that, the essay surveys conflicting ideas about the role of religion in education during the colonial period. then in the second section i will analyze the prescriptions for the study of religion early in the history of independent india.
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Carman, John B., (ed.). 1969. Study of Religion in Indian Universities: A Report of the Consultation Held in Bangalore in September, 1967. Bangalore: Bangalore Press.
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Kothari Commission. 1970. Education and National Development: Report of the Education Commission 1964–1966. New Delhi: National Council of Educational Research and Training.
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Radhakrishnan Commission. 1950. Report of the University Education Commission (December 1948-August 1949). Delhi: Manager of Publications.
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Sri Prakasa Committee. 1960. Report of the Committee on Religious and Moral Instruction. N.p.: Ministry of Education, Government of India.
Universities Handbook. 2002. Delhi: Association of Indian Universities, 29th edn.
Van der Veer, Peter. 1994. Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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2008-10-10
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Llewellyn, J. E. (2008). ‘A Nation without a Soul’: Religious Studies in the Indian University. Religions of South Asia, 2(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v2i1.7
