Was hinduism invented?: britons, indians, and the colonial construction of religion
Auteur :
Pennington, Brian K.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195166552
Date de publication :
19 mai 2005
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
522 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on a body of literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, this book offers a portrait of the process by which Hinduism came into being. It argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries.