“antony copley”

This story of a conflict between a highly confrontationalist Protestant mission in the mid-nineteenth century and Indian religions leads to a wider debate on the nature of imperialism and proto-nationalism.... More

This volume looks at the phenomenon of religious reform movements in terms of the larger paradigm of modernisation, and in collusion with the ideas of nationalism and Hindutva and attempts to investigate why there might be a need for a new kind of social integration within the Hindu community in Ind... More

A Spiritual Bloomsbury is an exploration of how three English writers Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood sought to come to terms with their homosexuality by engagement with Hinduism.... More

This collection looks at the new religious reform movements that swept India in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. One general essay, on religious leadership, provides a context for others on Brahmo Samaj, the Ramakrishna Mission, the Arya Samaj, the Ahmadiya movement, and the Theoso... More

Copley examines the intellectual and cultural values, and the events, particularly the Second World War, which shaped Gandhi's distinctive political, economic, and social ideas, especially his philosophy of non-violence. He concludes by considering the legacy of Gandhi's thinking both within and bey... More

God's Own Country or Devil's Own People? Left or right? Tourism brochure or environmental quicksand? Poised for a global role or rambling rhetoric? Will the real Kerala please stand up? The Malayali society, along with its political hierarchies and cultural cliches, is still grappling with continuo... More

Meet Goddy; he is cool, he is funny and he is also, ahem, God. When God makes a friend, size and lineage doesn't matter. Hence Goddy's best friend is a tiny creature, very common, but not exactly loved by mortal souls…... More