The European encounter with Hinduism in India
"In The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their t...
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| 语言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill Rodopi
[2020]
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Currents of encounter (volume 62)
Year: 2020 |
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| 丛编: | Currents of encounter
volume 62 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
印度
/ Europäer
/ 宣教士
/ 旅行者
/ 文化接触
/ 印度教
/ 历史 1200-1900
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| IxTheo Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Europeans (India)
History
B Missions (India) History B Hinduism Relations Christianity History B Christianity and other religions Hinduism History |
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| 总结: | "In The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their travel reports reveal how Europeans gradually increased their knowledge of Hinduism and how they evaluated this foreign religion. Later on, although officials of the colonial administration also studied the languages and culture of India, it was - contrary to what is usually assumed - particularly the many missionaries who made the greatest contribution to the mapping of Hinduism"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Dutch as Aangenaam kennis te maken : De ontmoeting van Europeanen met het hindoeïsme in India by Uitgeverij Damon, Eindhoven." Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 实物描述: | X, 209 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-42006-9 |
