Includes bibliographical references and index.

Visions of nationhood and religiosity among early freedom fighters in India / Proshanta Nandi -- National integration and religion / A.R. Desai -- Religion and economic development / M.S.A. Rao -- The Indo-Islamic tradition / A.R. Momin -- Ethnic process and minority identity : a comparative study of Muslims and Christians of UP / Nirmala Srinivasan -- Manipur Vaishnavism : a sociological interpretation / Kunj Bihari Singh -- The factor of anti-pollution in the ideology of the Lingayat movement / C.N. Venugopal -- The immortal cowherd and the saintly carrier : an essay in the study of cults / Ursula M. Sharma -- Emergence of shrines in rural Tamil Nadu : a study of little traditions / L. Thara Bhai -- Some neglected aspects of the conversion of Goa : a socio-historical perspective / Rowena Robinson -- The first Protestant mission to India : its social and religious developments / D. Dennis Hudson -- Issues of Christianity in colonial Chhattisgarh / Saurabh Dube -- Emancipation through proselytism? Some reflections on the marginal status of the depressed classes / N. Jayaram -- Religion and language in the formation of nationhood in Pakistan and Bangladesh / Tanveer Fazal -- The influence of Indian Islam on fundamentalist trends in Trinidad and Tobago / Nasser Mustapha -- Religious resurgence in contemporary United States : a view from India / Ananta Giri.