The Hindu Right and India's Religious Diplomacy

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ID6129115
AuthorsIan Hall (0000-0002-0397-2011, Twitter (United States), corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume22
Issue3
Pages1-10
Publication date2024-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Faith & International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1931-7743 • E-ISSN: 1557-0274
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15570274.2024.2375839
OpenAlexW4401641361
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

India is investing more in religious diplomacy, arguing that the world might learn lessons from that country’s extraordinary repository of philosophical and spiritual traditions. This diplomacy has an increasingly Hindu character, reflecting the present government’s conviction that India is essentially a Hindu civilization. This article examines the drivers of India’s contemporary religious diplomacy, its target audiences, its practitioners within and outside the government, and its likely influence. It argues that India’s religious diplomacy is unusual in terms of its target audiences and the message aimed at each of them, and in terms of its messengers, which include several Hindu nationalist social movements and elements of the Indian diaspora. It argues too that the impact of these efforts remains unclear

Ancient history · Diplomacy · Hinduism · Political science · Politics · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies

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