An Ethnographic Study of Sectarian Negotiations among Diaspora Jains in the USA
This thesis argued that the Jain community in the diasporic context of the USA has invented a new form of Jainism. Sectarian negotiations are the distinguishing marks of the diaspora Jain community and their invented form of Jainism. Based on ethnographic study that is, interviews and observations c...
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FIU Digital Commons
2017
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Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3204 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4176&context=etd |