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Is implicit religion and secular spirituality only a Western concept and experience?: a keynote presentation / Edward Bailey -- Defining religion in 'Hindu' India: a review of major attempts / Israel Selvanayagam -- North east Indian secular spirituality?: an exploration towards sacred-secular spirituality / Songram Basumatary -- Religion and secular spirituality in India: an Islamic perspective / Mohd Fahim Akhtar -- Islamic spirituality in secular India: some modern thinkers / M.M. Abraham -- Secular spirituality from an Ao Naga tribal woman perspective / Asangla Lemtur -- Religion and secular spirituality in tribal traditions of NEI: a feminist perspective / T. Vanlaltlani -- Secular spirituality of people's movements in the context of religious pluralism: a feminist perspective / Gabriele Dietrich -- Understanding religion and spirituality in current debates on secularism in India / Densingh Oliver -- Freedom of religion in secular India: from a legal perspective / Faizan Mustafa -- Human sex, sacred or profane?: Hindu-Christian perceptions / Israel Selvanayagam -- Environmental spirituality / W.S. Annie.