LEADER 03915nam 22007571 450 001 9910791244603321 005 20110519094431.0 010 $a1-4725-4921-X 010 $a1-282-55204-X 010 $a9786612552045 010 $a1-4411-8644-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472549211 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012941 035 $a(EBL)516736 035 $a(OCoLC)613192842 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001148537 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12434581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001148537 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11143323 035 $a(PQKB)10034027 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000426866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262014 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390202 035 $a(PQKB)11456501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC516736 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL516736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381388 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL255204 035 $a(OCoLC)893334890 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255420 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012941 100 $a20140929d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReform, identity, and narratives of belonging $ethe Heraka movement in Northeast India /$fArkotong Longkumer 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum Advances in Religious Studies ;$vv.10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-9694-3 311 $a0-8264-3970-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Circling the Alter Stone: Bhuban Cave and the Symbolism of Religious Traditions -- 3. Millenarianism and Refashioning the Social Fabric -- 4. Changing Cosmology and the Process of Reform -- 5. Negotiating Boundaries -- 6. Community Imaginings and the Ideal of Heguangram -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices. 330 $a"Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. Drawing upon critical studies of 'religion', cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism, archival research in both India and Britain, and fieldwork in Assam, the book initiates new grounds for understanding the evolving notions of 'reform' and 'identity' in the emergence of a Heraka 'religion'. Arkotong Longkumer argues that 'reform' and 'identity' are dynamically inter-related and linked to the revitalisation and negotiation of both 'tradition' legitimising indigeneity, and 'change' legitimising reform. The results have deepened, yet challenged, not only prevailing views of the Western construction of the category 'religion' but also understandings of how marginalised communities use collective historical imagination to inspire self-identification through the discourse of religion. In conclusion, this book argues for a re-evaluation of the way in which multi-religious traditions interact to reshape identities and belongings."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aContinuum Advances in Religious Studies 606 $aGroup identity$zIndia$zNorth Ca?cha?r Hills$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHeraka movement 606 $aNationalism$zIndia$zNorth Ca?cha?r Hills$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aZeme (Indic people)$zIndia$zNorth Ca?cha?r Hills$xReligion 606 $2Tribal religions 615 0$aGroup identity$xHistory 615 0$aHeraka movement. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aZeme (Indic people)$xReligion. 676 $a299.5/4 700 $aLongkumer$b Arkotong$01522860 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791244603321 996 $aReform, identity, and narratives of belonging$93762776 997 $aUNINA