Hindu Iconoclasts Vol. 28Rammohun Roy, Dayananda Sarasvati, and Nineteenth-Century Polemics Against Idolatry |
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| Author:
| Salmond, Noel |
| Series title: | Wilfrid Laurier Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88920-419-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Why, Salmond asks, would nineteenth-century Hindus who come froman iconic religious tradition voice a kind of invective one mightexpect from Hebrew prophets, Muslim iconoclasts, or Calvinists?Rammohun was a wealthy Bengali, intimately associated with theBritish Raj and familiar with European languages, religion, andcurrents of thought. ......
Why, Salmond asks, would nineteenth-century Hindus who come froman iconic religious tradition voice a kind of invective one mightexpect from Hebrew prophets, Muslim iconoclasts, or Calvinists?Rammohun was a wealthy Bengali, intimately associated with theBritish Raj and familiar with European languages, religion, andcurrents of thought. ......