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The Invention of Hinduism
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Description| Publisher | Oxford University Press USA |
| Author(s) | Brian K. Pennington |
| Subtitle | Britons, Indians, and the Construction of Religion in Colonial Bengal |
| Published | 1st April 2005 |
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Britons, Indians, and the Construction of Religion in Colonial Bengal
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 Indianauthors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion.
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