Was Hinduism invented? : Britons, Indians, and the colonial construction of religion /

Pennington retells the story of Christian's & Hindu's reception of each other in early 19th century Bengal, giving prominence to the power of the respective worldviews to shape the encounter & to help produce the very religions that colonialism thought it 'discovered'.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Pennington, Brian K. (Brian Kemble)
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Hinduism > India. India > Social life and customs. India > Religious life and customs. India > Colonial influence. Hindouisme > Inde. Inde > Mœurs et coutumes. Colonial influence Hinduism Manners and customs India Electronic books.
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