Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia Online
Edited by: Marine Carrin (Editor-in-Chief), University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, and Michel Boivin, Centre for South Asian Studies (CNRS-EHESS), Gérard Toffin, Centre d’Études Himalayennes, Paul Hockings, University of Illinois at Chicago, Raphaël Rousseleau, Université de Lausanne, Tanka Subba, North-Eastern Hill University, Harald Tambs-Lyche, University of de Picardie-Jules Verne (Section Editors)
Help us improve our service |
Brill’s Encyclopedia of the Religions of the Indigenous People of South Asia strives to reflect the diversity of indigenous cultures of South Asia with its many language groups and religious traditions. Shaped by their own mythologies, these tribal religions differ in form and content from Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, Sikhism, and Christianity, though variants of the latter traditions have been adopted by some indigenous people. Religion is taken in a broad sense and includes aspects of morality, symbolism, identity formation, environmental concerns, and art. Far from being simple survivals of an earlier stage, these religions often show remarkable capacity for adaptation and change. The approach is contemporary rather than a reconstruction of an anterior state, though it does not overlook relevant historical processes.
More information: Brill.com
Naga
(13,800 words)
Naga: Religion, Politics, and the Problem of Secularism among Upland Nagas
(7,030 words)
Nayaka
(5,919 words)
Nepal: Introduction
(7,867 words)
Newar
(14,126 words)
Newar: Buddhism and Ethnicity among the Newars
(6,585 words)
Newar: Fact Sheet
(308 words)
Newar: The Indigenous Background of Newar Religion
(7,604 words)