Science and Religion in India Beyond Disenchantment Routledge Science and Religion Series
Auteur : Thomas Renny
This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists and shedding valuable light on their engagement with religion. Drawing on biographical, autobiographical, historical, and ethnographic material, the volume focuses on scientists? religious life and practices, and the variety of ways in which they express them. Renny Thomas challenges the idea that science and religion in India are naturally connected and argues that the discussion has to go beyond binary models of ?conflict? and ?complementarity?. By complicating the understanding of science and religion in India, the book engages with new ways of looking at these categories.
Introduction; 1 Science, Rationality, and Scientific Temper in Postcolonial India; 2 Beyond Disenchantment: Scientists, Laboratories, and Religion; 3 The Making of Scientist-Believers; 4 Being Atheistic, Being Scientific: Scientists as Atheists; 5 Caste, Religion, and the Laboratory Life; Conclusion; Bibliography
Renny Thomas is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Date de parution : 09-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 12-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Science and Religion in India :
Mots-clés :
Tamil Nadu; Lab Mates; Garam Masala; Scientific Temper; Indian Classical Dance; Atheist Scientists; Indian Science Congress; Raja Ramanna; Indian Scientists; Non-vegetarian Food; Brahmin Scientists; Carnatic Music; Sundar Sarukkai; Ancient Indian Sciences; Tamil Brahmin; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar; Natural Co-existence; Distinct Religious Identity; Shiv Visvanathan; Post-colonial India; Lay Believers; Postcolonial India; Nehru; Jawaharlal Nehru; National Academy