Author: Kōji KawashimaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Influence of the missionaries on the social and economic conditions of Travancore.
Missionaries and a Hindu State
Author: Kōji KawashimaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Influence of the missionaries on the social and economic conditions of Travancore.
Missionaries and a Hindu State
Author: Koji KawashimaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780195655346
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
This book examines the state-building process of Travancore and its relations with Christian missionaries and British paramountcy. It investigates the nature of the 'Hindu State', the relationship between missionaries and imperialism, education and medicine, and caste and communal policies of the state.
The First Hindu Mission to America
Author: Sunrit MullickPublisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172112813
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This book positions Brahmo Samaj leader Protap Chunder Mozoomdar as the originator of the Hindu mission movement to the United States of America in the late 19th century. It is known that Protap Mozoomdar, together with Swami Vivekananda, represented Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893. But what has missed the focus of scholars is that Mozoomdar visited the United States ten years earlier in 1883, making him the pioneer of the Hindu mission movement to the United States. The book is the first detailed study of Protap Chunder Mozoomdar in America. It is written through primary research on American newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, diaries and archival material available in American libraries, and material in possession of the author. On the whole, the book presents new information of interest to both the general reader and the scholarly community.
Hinduism as a Missionary Religion
Author: Arvind SharmaPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438432135
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
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 re-opens 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 new insights both on Hinduism and the consideration of religion itself.
Missionaries, the Hindu State and British Paramountcy in Travancore and Cochin, 1858-1936
Author: Missionaries, the Hindu State and British Paramountcy in Travancore and Cochin, 1858-1936
Author: Koji KawashimaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kerala (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This thesis seeks to examine and explain changes in the triangular relationship between Christian missionaries, an Indian princely state and the British colonial authorities. It argues that, in the second half of the nineteenth century, the missionaries and the self-declared Hindu state of Travancore maintained a largely favourable relationship despite the clear differences in their respective religious positions. For its vigorous efforts towards 'modernization', Travancore needed the educational and medical activities of the missionaries. At the same time, the Madras government demanded the abolition of caste disabilities and supported similar demands from the missionaries. However, the situation changed significantly with the emergence of Hindu revivalism and communal movements in the late nineteenth century. The state as well as the higher castes became alarmed at the conversion of large number of the lower castes to Christianity. The British authorities, faced with the rise of Indian nationalism, became much more sensitive to religious feelings in Travancore and sought to avoid intervening in social and religious matters as far as possible, though, by contrast, intervention in Cochin remained, for various reasons, more active. In this way, the missionaries practically lost support from the British government. Instead, they were obliged to pay more attention to the Maharaja and his government, which adopted various anti-missionary policies in the 1890s and 1900s. Nevertheless, the Travancore government still needed missionary educational and medical activities as well as their strong influence over the low-caste Christians who became increasingly assertive. But in the 1930s, their relationship became strained once more. The missionaries, who could not expect any substantial help from the British authorities, had almost no choice but to accept the situation. In this way, the Travancore state, while utilizing missionary activities, largely succeeded in preventing Christian influence from expanding further.
Christians and Missionaries in India
Author: Robert Eric FrykenbergPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136128662
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The assumption that Christianity in India is nothing more than a European, western, or colonial imposition is open to challenge. Those who now think and write about India are often not aware that Christianity is a non-western religion, that in India this has always been so, and that there are now more Christians in Africa and Asia than in the West. Recognizing that more understanding of the separate histories and cultures of the many Christian communities in India will be needed before a truly comprehensive history of Christianity in India can be written, this volume addresses particular aspects of cultural contact, with special reference to caste, conversion, and colonialism. Subjects addressed range from Sanskrit grammar to populist Pentecostalism, Urdu polemics and Tamil poetry.
Missionary Christianity and Local Religion
Author: Arun W. JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781602584327
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cover -- Blurbs, Half Title Page, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Map, Series Foreward -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Religious Context in North India: Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity -- Chapter 2. The Religious Context in North India: American Evangelicalism -- Chapter 3. The Missionaries: Religious and Social Innovators -- Chapter 4. Indian Workers and Leaders: Negotiating Boundaries -- Chapter 5. Theology in a New Context -- Chapter 6. Community in a New Context -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects and Names
Neo-Hinduism, a Missionary Religion
Author: C. V. MathewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A History of Missions in India
Author: Julius RichterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description