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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.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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'.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 249 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.