Sharma Hinduism as a Missionary Religion

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3213-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Arvind

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. The Antiquity and Continuity of the Belief that Hinduism Is Not a Missionary Religion

2. The Neo-Hindu Conviction that Hinduism Is a Non-Missionary Religion

3. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Vedic India

4. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Classical India

5. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Medieval India

6. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Modern India

Conclusions

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. He is the author or editor of many books, including One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination, both also published by SUNY Press.