Download or read book Hinduism as a Missionary Religion written by Arvind Sharma and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 re-opens 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 new insights both on Hinduism and the consideration of religion itself.

Download or read book Hinduism for Missionaries written by C. Tom and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-14 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian missionaries from the West have been flocking to India with great hope and try to popularize Christianity in that country. They collect billions of dollars from middleclass and poor Christians of western countries and spend those billions building schools and hospitals and orphanages and Universities in India. They have been doing this for centuries. So far they have not produced any tangible results. India has a small community of Christians (2% of the population) mainly in the southern state of Kerala. Christianity was brought there by St. Thomas, one of the disciples of Jesus, in 52 AD. He baptized and converted three royal families into Christianity. Over the last 2000 years, their children have grown into millions. They form the current he Christian community and it has remained at 2% of the population in spite of intense efforts by Christian missionaries over centuries. They do not understand why all their efforts have failed. To understand why missionary efforts fail in India, one has to understand the culture. This book explains the culture of India or Hinduism for prospective Missionaries.

Download or read book The First Hindu Mission to America written by Sunrit Mullick and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2010 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book positions Brahmo Samaj leader Protap Chunder Mozoomdar as the originator of the Hindu mission movement to the United States of America in the late 19th century. It is known that Protap Mozoomdar, together with Swami Vivekananda, represented Hinduism at the Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893. But what has missed the focus of scholars is that Mozoomdar visited the United States ten years earlier in 1883, making him the pioneer of the Hindu mission movement to the United States. The book is the first detailed study of Protap Chunder Mozoomdar in America. It is written through primary research on American newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, diaries and archival material available in American libraries, and material in possession of the author. On the whole, the book presents new information of interest to both the general reader and the scholarly community.

Download or read book Rethinking Hindu Ministry written by H. L. Richard and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hindu traditions are diverse and complex. Simple summaries of Hindu beliefs and practices lack appreciation for the allure which captivates Hindus themselves. This collection of papers from seasoned practitioners observes Hindu traditions and Hindu ministry from new angles, introducing new perspectives on ministry in Christ's name that are relevant far beyond the Hindu world. Broad conceptual pictures are presented along with detailed practical advice and introductions to remarkable Hindus who surrendered to Christ and wrestled with the meaning of following Him in their Hindu families. This is the first book to turn to for pointers on sharing Christ with Hindus.

Download or read book India and India Missions written by Alexander Duff and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Imagined Hinduism written by Geoffrey A Oddie and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2006-04-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exploration of the emergence and refinement of the idea of Hinduism as it developed among British Protestant missionaries in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The text traces the growing use of the term 'Hinduism' as a category and label that has come to dominate the way scholars think about Indian religions.

Download or read book India and India Missions written by Alexander Duff and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Darkness and the Dawn in India Two Missionary Discourses By N r yana Shesh dr and J Wilson written by Nārāyan Sheshādrī and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hindu View of Christ written by Swami Akhilananda and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.

Download or read book Neo Hinduism a Missionary Religion written by C. V. Mathew and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Things as They are written by Amy Carmichael and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Study of Sanskrit in Relation to Missionary Work in India written by Sir Monier Monier-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Missionaries and Hinduism written by Sushil Madhava Pathak and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Missionaries and a Hindu State written by Kōji Kawashima and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Influence of the missionaries on the social and economic conditions of Travancore.

Download or read book Heathen Hindoo Hindu written by Michael J. Altman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Missionary Tropics written by Ines G. Županov and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative contribution to the history of early modern Euro-Asian interactions that provides new perspectives on the encounter between Catholicism and Hinduism in India

Download or read book Living Water and Indian Bowl Revised Edition written by Swami Dayanand Bharati and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an insightful analysis based on personal experience of Christian work among Hindus and the error and inadequacy of Western Christianity in the Hindu world. Numerous anecdotes are the greatest strength of this important book. “He presents the transcultural Good News in culturally understandable ways for the India of the 21st century.” –H. Stanley Wood, Center for New Church Development, Columbia Theological Seminary