Was Hinduism Invented?
Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion
1st Edition
Published on 28. April 2005
978-0-19-029037-5 (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.
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Brian K. Pennington
Was Hinduism Invented?
Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion
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10/2007
Oxford University Press Inc
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Brian K. Pennington
Was Hinduism Invented?
Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion
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05/2005
Oxford University Press Inc
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Brian K. Pennington is Associate Professor of Religion at Maryville College in Tennessee.
