Public as Space: The Possibilities and Contestations of Sufi Shrines in Sri Lanka — Shobhana Xavier

Religion and its Publics in South Asia: Perspectives on the Past and Present

This virtual interdisciplinary conference, organized by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University’s School of Law on February 24–25, 2022, examines the relationship between the many religious traditions of South Asia and their diverse publics. Covering the premodern, early modern, and modern periods, the conference defines the categories of both religion and publics in broad terms. Conference papers addressed how Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, and Sikhism have shaped and been shaped in South Asia by communities of practice, engagements with other religious traditions, factors such as region, caste, and gender, and different political structures, whether imperial formations or the nation-state. Bringing together a diverse group of leading scholarly voices from the disciplines of history, anthropology, religion, media, and law, the conference was especially timely given the salience of questions of minority rights, religious freedom, and national belonging in present-day South Asia.

For more information: https://canopyforum.org/religion-and-its-publics-in-south-asia/

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