Was Hinduism Invented?

Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Hinduism
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Author: Brian K. Pennington ISBN: 9780190290375
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: April 28, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Brian K. Pennington
ISBN: 9780190290375
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: April 28, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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