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100			_aRoluahpuia _955350
245			_aReligion, identity and tribal sub-national politics in India
260			_aSociological Bulletin
300			_a73(2), Apr, 2024: p.189-204
520			_aWhat is the role of religion in tribal politics? Does religion shape tribal political imagination? If so, how and in what manner? Politically, tribal movements since the colonial period have been deeply rooted in religion, and even in post-independent India, they continue to inspire and shape tribal politics. The article argues that tribal politics and religion interact in complex ways. First, the article shows how groups and organisations incorporate religious ideas within their political ideology. Second, religion and politics also come into conflict with one another in terms of the use and interpretation of religious beliefs and commitments for political ends, mainly when it involves the use of violence. This is examined through the case of the Mizo movement for independence in northeast India, where religion was interwoven with the politics of identity, nationalism and violence.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380229241234077
650			_aReligion, tribal politics, political imagination, religious ideology, colonial period, post-independence India, political movements, tribal identity, nationalism, violence, ideological conflict, religious beliefs, political ends, Mizo movement, northeast India, religion and politics, institutional influence, cultural mobilisation, political incorporation, religious interpretation, tribal mobilisation, belief systems, historical continuity, religious commitments, strategic use of religion _955351
773			_aSociological Bulletin
906			_aTRIBES - INDIA
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