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The Sword and the Shastra
A man drinks from a public water tank. The water is then “purified” because his birth was believed to have polluted it.
What kind of sacred order can make an ordinary human thirst an offense?
The Sword and the Shastra confronts the authority claimed for caste hierarchy, religious exclusion, political domination, and violence in India. Beginning with the ancient texts and moving into modern courts, institutions, political movements, and shattered communities, George Anthony Paul asks one relentless question: Who gave one human being the right to place another beneath him?
Drawing upon the Vedas, Manusmriti, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Puranic narratives, historical records, constitutional law, court judgments, official reports, and modern scholarship, this book examines:
• How sacred language can assign dignity to some and degradation to others
• How caste determines access to education, worship, work, marriage, and public honor
• How stories of divine violence shape ideas about enemies, submission, and mercy
• How Hindu nationalism transformed religious identity into a political test of belonging
• How Ayodhya, Gujarat, Kandhamal, Manipur, anti-conversion laws, and attacks on Christians entered India’s modern struggle over conscience and power
• How women, Dalits, religious minorities, dissenters, and the poor bear the cost when inherited authority escapes moral scrutiny
This is not an attack on every Hindu, nor does it excuse discrimination committed under a Christian name. It is a documented moral investigation of teachings, institutions, and systems of power. Its criticism is directed against human degradation, not against the human dignity of those whose beliefs it challenges.
The question is not whether a tradition contains beauty, devotion, or wisdom. The question is whether anything called sacred should be permitted to place one human being beneath another.
The Sword and the Shastra demands more than outrage. It demands responsibility from believers, teachers, families, donors, political leaders, police officers, judges, and every reader who has seen the evidence.
When sacred authority demands another person’s submission, who will answer for the person forced to bear its cost?
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The Sword and the ShastraA man drinks from a public water tank. The water is then 'purified' because his birth was believed to have polluted it.What kind of sacred order can make an ordinary human thirst an offense The Sword and the Shastra confronts the authority claimed for caste hierarchy, religious exclusion, political domination, and violence in India. Beginning with the ancient texts and moving into modern courts, institutions, political movements, and shattered communities, George Anthony Paul asks one relentless question: Who gave one human being the right to place another beneath him Drawing upon the Vedas, Manusmriti, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Puranic narratives, historical records, constitutional law, court judgments, official reports, and modern scholarship, this book examines: - How sacred language can assign dignity to some and degradation to others- How caste determines access to education, worship, work, marriage, and public honor- How stories of divine violence shape ideas about enemies, submission, and mercy- How Hindu nationalism transformed religious identity into a political test of belonging- How Ayodhya, Gujarat, Kandhamal, Manipur, anti-conversion laws, and attacks on Christians entered India's modern struggle over conscience and power- How women, Dalits, religious minorities, dissenters, and the poor bear the cost when inherited authority escapes moral scrutinyThis is not an attack on every Hindu, nor does it excuse discrimination committed under a Christian name. It is a documented moral investigation of teachings, institutions, and systems of power. Its criticism is directed against human degradation, not against the human dignity of those whose beliefs it challenges.The question is not whether a tradition contains beauty, devotion, or wisdom. The question is whether anything called sacred should be permitted to place one human being beneath another.The Sword and the Shastra demands more than outrage. It demands responsibility from believers, teachers, families, donors, political leaders, police officers, judges, and every reader who has seen the evidence.When sacred authority demands another person's submission, who will answer for the person forced to bear its cost. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798175152716
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