Hinduism as a missionary religion /
Is Hinduism a missionary religion? Merely posing this question is a novel and provocative act. Popular and scholarly perception, both ancient and modern, puts Hinduism in the non-missionary category. In this intriguing book, Arvind Sharma reopens the question. Examining the historical evidence from...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2011.
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| ISBN: | 9781438432137 1438432135 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Is Hinduism a missionary religion? Merely posing this question is a novel and provocative act. Popular and scholarly perception, both ancient and modern, puts Hinduism in the non-missionary category. In this intriguing book, Arvind Sharma reopens the question. Examining the historical evidence from the major Hindu eras, the Vedic, classical, medieval, and modern periods, Sharma's investigation challenges the categories used in current scholarly discourse and finds them inadequate, emphasizing the need to distinguish between a missionary religion and a proselytizing one. A distinction rarely made, it is nevertheless an illuminating and fruitful one that resonates with insights from the comparative study of religion. Ultimately concluding that Hinduism is a missionary religion, but not a proselytizing one, Sharma's work provides us with insights both about Hinduism and about religion in general. --Book Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 195 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Series: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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