Opis: Imagined Hinduism - G.A. Oddie, G Oddie

This book explores the emergence and refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The author traces the growing use of the term 'Hinduism' as a category and label that has come to dominate the way Indian and Western scholars think about Indian religions today.PART ONE: WINDS OF INFLUENCE: HINDUISM IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION, 1600-1800 Hinduism in Travel and Missionary Accounts, 1600-1800 Hinduism as Represented by Protestant Friends of Mission in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Orientalist Models and Missionary Scholarship PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MISSIONARY MODELS Hinduism in Missionary Education and Training The Emergence of a Dominant Paradigm William Carey A Pioneer's Journey of Exploration William Ward's 'History' The Guardians-Consolidating the Paradigm Duff, Mundy and Others Hinduism in Missionary Society Periodical Literature A Changing Context Some General Developments Affecting Missionary Perceptions of Hinduism, 1850-1900 Critics and Commentators on the Dominant View, 1850-1900 Empathy or Otherness? Changing Evaluations of Hinduism in the Nineteenth Century Gender Issues in the Construction of Hinduism with Special Reference to the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1880-1900

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Tytuł: Imagined Hinduism
Autor: G.A. Oddie, G Oddie
Producent: SAGE Publications Ltd
ISBN: 9780761934486
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 378
Oprawa: Twarda

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