Hindu Christian faqir: modern monks, global Christianity, and Indian sainthood
This title compares two colonial Indian saints from Punjab, the neo-Vedantin Hindu Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) and the Christian convert Sundar Singh (1889-1929). Challenging ideas of the invention of modern Hinduism, the transparent translation of Christianity, and the construction of saints by devotee...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | AAR religion, culture, and history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Hinduism
/ Christianity
/ Interfaith dialogue
B Ramatirtha 1873-1906 / Singh, Sundar 1889-1929 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious leaders
India
History, 19th century
B Hinduism Relations Christianity B Christianity and other religions Hinduism |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This title compares two colonial Indian saints from Punjab, the neo-Vedantin Hindu Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) and the Christian convert Sundar Singh (1889-1929). Challenging ideas of the invention of modern Hinduism, the transparent translation of Christianity, and the construction of saints by devotees, the study focuses on the long-standing, shared religious idioms that both men creatively drew on to appeal to their transnational audiences and to pursue particular and plural models of religious perfection. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0199346275 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199987696.001.0001 |