Hindu Christian Faqir : modern monks, global Christianity, and Indian sainthood /

This title compares two colonial Indian saints from Punjab, the neo-Vedantin Hindu Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) and the Christian convert Sundar Singh (1889-1929). Challenging ideas of the invention of modern Hinduism, the transparent translation of Christianity, and the construction of saints by devotee...

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Dobe, Timothy
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zusammenfassung:
This title compares two colonial Indian saints from Punjab, the neo-Vedantin Hindu Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) and the Christian convert Sundar Singh (1889-1929). Challenging ideas of the invention of modern Hinduism, the transparent translation of Christianity, and the construction of saints by devotees, the study focuses on the long-standing, shared religious idioms that both men creatively drew on to appeal to their transnational audiences and to pursue particular and plural models of religious perfection.
Umfang:
1 online resource (380 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
AAR Religion, Culture, and History
ISBN:
0-19-046357-0
0-19-934627-5
0-19-998897-8
Schlagworte:
Rama Tirtha, > Swami, > 1873-1906.
Singh, Sundar, > 1889-1929.
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