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Lax, James Allan Gold, Daniel Richard Formichi, Chiara 2017-04-04T20:27:45Z 2017-04-04T20:27:45Z 2017-01-30 ProQuest Submission ID: 10041 ProQuest Publication ID: 10253526 https://hdl.handle.net/1813/47808 https://doi.org/10.7298/X4GM859Z 9906055 During the British colonial period of South Asia, religious movements such as Buddhist modernism and Hindu nationalism became powerful agents of resistance and change. These developments, shaped by the contrasting influences of Western cultural domination and the pervasiveness of preexisting social formations, proved to be an effective measure in unifying the colonies under a common purpose. By studying the parallel, but individual, progression of these two movements, we see that changing identity formations during the colonial period, were a consequence of a wide array of converging influences. Colonialism, modernity and reverse orientalism all become important factors that affected change. Examining the complexities of religious reform and revival also proves beneficial in determining avenues of resistance. Although colonies such as British India and Ceylon were facing a common subjugation, their responses were solitary and methodologically dissimilar. They used resources distinctly available to them, such as assembly, culture and religion, but in different ways. en_US Asian studies Regional studies Buddhism Buddhist Modernism Colonialism Hinduism Hindu Nationalism South Asia Religious history MODERN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF COLONIAL SOUTH ASIA: THE ORIGINS OF REVIVAL AND REFORM dissertation or thesis application/pdf Asian Studies Cornell University Master of Arts M.A., Asian Studies https://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810 Publication Cornell Theses and Dissertations Lax, James Allan 5893a6ea-7af3-41d7-abc6-04bcd26ab5df open.access open.access <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="0556260c-3bb8-4402-8e3b-c2f812eb5df0"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>en_US</Language> <Title>MODERN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OF COLONIAL SOUTH ASIA: THE ORIGINS OF REVIVAL AND REFORM</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2017-01-30</PublicationDate> <DOI>https://doi.org/10.7298/X4GM859Z</DOI> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Lax, James Allan</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <Keyword>Asian studies</Keyword> <Keyword>Regional studies</Keyword> <Keyword>Buddhism</Keyword> <Keyword>Buddhist Modernism</Keyword> <Keyword>Colonialism</Keyword> <Keyword>Hinduism</Keyword> <Keyword>Hindu Nationalism</Keyword> <Keyword>South Asia</Keyword> <Keyword>Religious history</Keyword> <Abstract>During the British colonial period of South Asia, religious movements such as Buddhist modernism and Hindu nationalism became powerful agents of resistance and change. These developments, shaped by the contrasting influences of Western cultural domination and the pervasiveness of preexisting social formations, proved to be an effective measure in unifying the colonies under a common purpose. By studying the parallel, but individual, progression of these two movements, we see that changing identity formations during the colonial period, were a consequence of a wide array of converging influences. Colonialism, modernity and reverse orientalism all become important factors that affected change. Examining the complexities of religious reform and revival also proves beneficial in determining avenues of resistance. Although colonies such as British India and Ceylon were facing a common subjugation, their responses were solitary and methodologically dissimilar. They used resources distinctly available to them, such as assembly, culture and religion, but in different ways.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>