04791cam a2200661Ma 4500 ocn794699035 20200709055753.0 m d cr |||||||nn|n 091215s2011 nyu obd 001 0 eng d CN8ML eng pn CN8ML E7B OCLCO OCLCQ YDXCP N$T P@U OCLCQ COO EBLCP OCLCQ AZK LOA DKU JBG AGLDB OCLCQ 961619929 962604428 9781438432137 (electronic bk.) 1438432135 (electronic bk.) 9781438432113 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 1438432119 (hardcover ; alk. paper) AU@ 000053283349 DEBBG BV043089419 DEBBG BV044111363 DEBSZ 421269413 DKDLA 820120-katalog:000581079 NZ1 14248414 549543 (N$T) BL1243.32 .S53 2011 REL 032000 bisacsh 294.5/72 22 Sharma, Arvind. Hinduism as a missionary religion / Arvind Sharma. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011. 1 online resource (vii, 195 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record. Machine generated contents note: ch. I Antiquity and Continuity of the Belief that Hinduism Is Not a Missionary Religion -- ch. II Neo-Hindu Conviction that Hinduism Is a Non-Missionary Religion -- ch. III Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Vedic India -- ch. IV Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Classical India -- ch. V Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Medieval India -- ch. VI Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Modern India. 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 reopens 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 insights both about Hinduism and about religion in general. --Book Jacket. Hinduism Missions Historiography. RELIGION Hinduism General. bisacsh Hinduism Influence fast (OCoLC)fst00957130 Electronic books. Print version: Sharma, Arvind. Hinduism as a missionary religion. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2009052580 Concordia University of Edmonton Access http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/concordiaab-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3407102 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from Ebook Central Academic Complete Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3407102 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10573963 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549543 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=549543 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=549543 Grande Prairie Regional College Access http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gprc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3407102 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from Ebook Central Academic Complete MacEwan University Access http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/macewan-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3407102 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from Ebook Central Academic Complete Project MUSE http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438432137/ Red Deer College Access http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rdc/detail.action?docID=3407102 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from Ebook Central Academic Complete EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3407102 ebrary EBRY ebr10573963 EBSCOhost EBSC 549543 Project MUSE MUSE muse1700 YBP Library Services YANK 3542543 52767 52767