Religious Reconstruction in the South Asian Diasporas

JOHN R. HINNELLS is Research Professor at Liverpool Hope University, UK, a Senior Member of Robinson College Cambridge, UK, and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. His books include Zoroastrians in Britain; Zoroastrian and Parsi Studies; and The Zoroastrian Diaspora. He has also edited The New Penguin Dictionary of Religions and the New Penguin Handbook of Living Religions.

'All the articles present interesting, informative and diverse topics on the South Asian religious and social experience in the diasporas, brought together in a coherent volume by the editor.' - Fezana Journal

• Notes on Contributers Introduction; J.R.Hinnells PART ONE: RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ISSUES A Reassessment of Identity Strategies Amongst British South Asian Muslims; R.Geaves British Muslims and the Search for Religious Guidance; P.Lewis The Contribution of Nurture in a Sampradaya to Young British Hindus Understanding of their Tradition; E. Nesbitt Celibacy and Salvation in the Swaminarayan Movement; R.Barot Death and Bereavement in South Asian Diaspora Communities; S.Firth Parsi Zoroastrian Experiences in Four 'Western' Countries: A Comparative Study; J.R.Hinnells PART TWO: RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ISSUES Religion and Ethnicity in America; R.B.Williams Public Policy Implications of Canada's Multiculturalism for Religious Pluralism; H.Coward Cultural Diversity, Religious Plurality and Government Policy in Australia; G.D.Bouma Religion in the Educational System of England and Wales: Law, Policy and Representation; R.Jackson PART THREE: SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA RELIGIONS POST- 9/11 and 7/7 SouthAsians in America Post 9/11; R.B.Williams Law, Religion and South Asians in Diaspora; W.Menski Living with Difference: A Forgotten Art in Urgent Need of Revival?; R.Ballard Index