Peter van der Veer, “The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India” (Princeton UP, 2013

What are the differences between religion, magic, and spirituality? Over time, these categories have been articulated in a variety of ways across differing cultures. However, many assume that the multiple understandings are merely derivative of western assertions about secular modernity. In The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the...