British Mission to the Jews in Nineteenth-century Palestine
British Mission to the Jews in Nineteenth-century Palestine

Author: Yaron Perry

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1135759316

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Yaron Perry's account reveals, without bias or partiality, the story of the "London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews" and its unique contribution to the restoration of the Holy Land. This Protestant organization were the first to take root in the Holy Land from 1820 onwards.

Was Hinduism Invented?
Was Hinduism Invented?

Author: Brian K. Pennington

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-04-28

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0190290374

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Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion.