No topic is sacred or off-limits for analysis, says religious studies’ Deepak Sarma

Is nothing sacred?

The Huffington Post: In a recent blog, Deepak Sarma, questions whether there are some religious beliefs and practices that are off limits to analysis. Some scholars, he wrote, believe the Sacred exists and that it, and phenomena associated with it cannot be analyzed using social-scientific tools. But, Sarma questioned, “Should there be any topic that is off limits for analysis?”