Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American representations of India, 1721-1893
Heathens and Hindoos in early America -- Missionaries, Unitarians, and Raja Rammohun Roy -- Hindoo religion in American National Culture -- Transcendentalism, Brahmanism, and universal religion --The theosophical quest for occult power -- Putting the "Religions" in world's Parliament...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hinduism (India)
B Americans Attitudes B Hinduism B Religion ; Public opinion B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion B India Religion Public opinion B Americans ; Attitudes B India |
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| Summary: | Heathens and Hindoos in early America -- Missionaries, Unitarians, and Raja Rammohun Roy -- Hindoo religion in American National Culture -- Transcendentalism, Brahmanism, and universal religion --The theosophical quest for occult power -- Putting the "Religions" in world's Parliament of Religions. Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu is a groundbreaking analysis of American representations of religion in India before the turn of the twentieth century. Before Americans wrote about ""Hinduism, "" they wrote about ""heathenism, "" ""the religion of the Hindoos, "" and ""Brahmanism."" Americans used the heathen, Hindoo, and Hindu as an other against which they represented themselves. The questions of American identity, classification, representation and the definition of ""religion"" that animated descriptions of heathens, Hindoos, and Hindus in the past still animate American debates today |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 0190654953 0190654937 9780190654955 9780190654931 |
