Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir [Paperback]

This book examines the shifting, non-linear relationship between religion, nationalism and politics in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the wake of the revocation of Article 370, the states plural and relatively harmonious society has come under multiple strains, with religion often informing day-to-day politics.

The chapters in this volume:

• Trace the formation of the political entity of Jammu and Kashmir and the seemingly secular politics of its three regions
• Discuss the rise of militancy and resistance movements in the Kashmir Valley
• Highlight the intersection between everyday life, nationalism and resistance through a study of the literary traditions of Kashmir, contemporary resistance photography and everyday communalism located in the changing food practices of Hindu and Muslim communities

Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir will be an indispensable read for students and researchers of religion and politics, democratization and democracy, secularism, sociology, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

1. Setting the Context: Religion, Secularism and Secularization  Diversities in Jammu and Kashmir  2. Moving Beyond Secular-Religious Binaries: A Framework for understanding the interaction between Religion and Politics  3. Secularization, Religion and Identity: Resistance in Kashmir Valley  4. Secularization and Desecularization in Jammu: Interrogating the canonical approaches  5. The Dynamics of Kashmir Identity and its Contemporary Challenges  6. The Sacred and the Secular: Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir  7. Religion matters: Religion and Politics in Kashmir  8. Everydal2