Peter Van der Veer
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Peter van der Veer is Professor of Comparative Religion and Director of the Research Center for Religion and Society at the University of Amsterdam. His books include Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre, Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India, and Modern Orientalism. He is the editor of Nation and Migration: The Politics of Space in the South Asian Diaspora, Conversion...
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"Finalist for the 2014 Award for Excellence in Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014" Peter van der Veer is director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany, and a Distinguished Professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His books include Imperial Encounters: Religion and Modernity in India and...