Was Hinduism Invented?

Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion

Brian K. Pennington (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2007
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-532600-0 (ISBN)

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Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion.

Brian K. Pennington is Associate Professor of Religion at Maryville College in Tennessee.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2007
Zusatzinfo	5 halftones, 10 line illus.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 156 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-19-532600-8 / 0195326008
ISBN-13	978-0-19-532600-0 / 9780195326000
Zustand	Neuware