What do Toleration and Syncretism Mean in South Asia? : Revisiting Cow Protection Debates in Nineteenth Century Bengal

• In Event: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Secularization and Modernization

Brief Overview

This essay seeks to elucidate Toleration and Syncretism—key components of India secularist politics—as they had developed in India. I try to unravel the significance of these terms by reflecting on a cow protection debate in 19th century Bengal.

Author

• Taimur Reza, University of Chicago