Word: hinduism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...irrepressible religious impulse -- the revenge of the sacred, as it has been called -- is perhaps even more clearly displayed outside our own country. Note the spread of Islamic fundamentalism, the strength of Hinduism, both often accompanied by violence. Throughout the Third World, Christian churches, especially the Evangelicals, are gaining more converts than ever before. In Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, despite decades of officially imposed atheism, religion is once again a major force...
...long? The B.J.P. has touched a responsive chord with its calls for a "Hindu Rashtra," or Hindu nation, a society and government centered on respect for Hinduism and in particular Rama. The party's emphasis on depriving minorities, especially Muslims, of special rights such as funding for religious schools and a separate civil code has also tapped a powerful vein of resentment among anxious middle-class Hindus, who feel their interests are being ignored by New Delhi. Indians have taken as well to the party's emphasis on civic virtue and piety. But some leaders are worried that...
...with malice against the religion that I expose Judaism for what it is; indeed, no other historic religion--not Catholicism, not Hinduism, not Islam--even remotely comes close to meeting liberal standards of tolerance and concern for human rights...