Religious Rebels in the Punjab The Ad Dharm Challenge to Caste

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INTRODUCTION: Religion and Social Rebellion PART 1: The Setting The Experience of Untouchability The 1920s: A Time for Social Change PART II: The Rise of Ad Dharm The Movement and Mangoo Ram The Ideology of a Political Religion Ideas into Action: The Organizational Character Responses to the Arya Samaj: Factions in Change The Great Census PART III: Continuities and Encounters The Revival of Ravi Das The Religion of Village Untouchables Ad Dharm in the Villages The Urban Experience: Ad Dharm as New Dharm Mangoo Ram vs. Gandhi Hope from God and Help from the King Politics and the Decline of Ad Dharm PART iv: Competing Visions The Ambedkar Alternative Rishi Valmiki: The Saint of Sweepers Christianity: The Sweepers`Revolt The Uncertain Appeal of Marxism Radhasoami and the Return of Religion PART v: Revival Post-Independence The Ex-Untouchables of Post-Independence Punjab The Lonely Modernity of Model Town Ravi Das in Wolverhampton Ad Dharm Anew EPILOGUE: The Social Vision of Religious Movements