00839pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245003700061260000900098300001600107362001000123520052500133650001300658773003400671180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoover, Jakob De  aCourting controversy in the west  c2006  ap.1764-765.  a6 May  aThe sustained efforts by certain Hindu groups in the west to redefine and "correct" long existing Hindu traditions are perhaps reflective of their desire to put in place a cogent and structured religious system that is able to hold its own against other scripture-based religions. Concomitantly, American identity politics and European political correctness is also "forcing" minority communities to assert their separate "churches", as a way of emphasising their own distinct religious or ethnic identity. - Reproduced.  aReligion  aEconomic and Political Weekly