Bishop Heber In Northern India

Author : M. A. Laird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1971-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521078733

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Bishop Heber in Northern India by M. A. Laird Pdf

Bishop Heber's Journal was first published in 1828, edited by his wife from material in the form of notes and letters which he wrote to her during his tour. It is from the first edition that the passages in this 1971 edition have been taken. Dr. Laird provides an introduction and explanatory notes to the text. Reginald Heber became Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, by which time Protestant missionary activity in India was well under way. His diocese included all of the East India Company's territories together with Ceylon and Australia. This edition contains selections from Heber's account of his stay in Calcutta in 1823-24 and of his subsequent journey across northern India to Bombay. The journal is marked by a sympathetic understanding of and interest in India and its peoples to a degree by no means always to be found in British writers of this time.

Author : M. A. Laird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521143217

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Bishop Heber in Northern India by M. A. Laird Pdf

This 1971 edition contains selections from Heber's account of his stay in Calcutta in 1823-24 and his subsequent journey across northern India to Bombay. The journal is marked by a sympathetic understanding of and interest in India to a degree by no means always to be found in British writers of this time.

Author : A. Chatterjee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230378162

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Representations of India, 1740-1840 by A. Chatterjee Pdf

Chatterjee analyzes how writing over the period of a century justified and was affected by the introduction and extension of British domination of India, demonstrating the link between written representations and the ideological, economic and political climate and debates. By showing how the representations of Britons in India, Indian religion and society and government evolved over the period 1740 to 1840, the author fills the gap between the early colonial 'exotic East' and the later 'primitive subject nation' perceptions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Missions
ISBN : OXFORD:600022469

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Lives of Missionaries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Uma Shanker Pandey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000145090

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European Adventurers in North India by Uma Shanker Pandey Pdf

This book explores how European, particularly French, adventurers shaped early modern India. It highlights the significant contributions of these adventurers in social, political, economic, and intellectual life of north India in the 18th and the 19th centuries. The author examines how the French adventurers played a key role in bringing Western science and ideas to a polity in flux. He examines the role of individuals like René Madec, Sombre, De Boigne, Perron, Gentil, Canaple, Delamarr, Sonson, and Pedrose, who made instrumental contributions in modernising armies of pre-modern states in South Asia. The volume also underlines how French adventurers’ commercial networks developing from their enterprises opened up markets in the heartlands of north India for European consumers. Further, it brings to the fore intellectual pursuits of the leading French figures such as Anquetil Duperron, Polier, Gentil, De Boigne, and Perron, whose engagement with Indian literature opened a new chapter framing studies of the Occident. Rich in French, English, and translated Persian archival resources, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of colonial history, early modern history, military history, and South Asian studies.

Author : Stephen Neill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521893321

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A History of Christianity in India by Stephen Neill Pdf

This book traces its subject from the death of Aurunzib to the so-called Indian Mutiny. The history of India since 1498 is of a tremendous confrontation of cultures and religions. Since 1757, the chief part in this confrontation has been played by Britain; and the Christian missionary enterprise has had a very important role.

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520311008

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The Magic Mountains by Dane Kennedy Pdf

Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most curious monuments to the British colonial presence in India. In this engaging and meticulously researched study, Dane Kennedy explores the development and history of the hill stations of the raj. He shows that these cloud-enshrouded havens were sites of both refuge and surveillance for British expatriates: sanctuaries from the harsh climate as well as an alien culture; artificial environments where colonial rulers could nurture, educate, and reproduce themselves; commanding heights from which orders could be issued with an Olympian authority. Kennedy charts the symbolic and sociopolitical functions of the hill stations over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arguing that these highland communities became much more significant to the British colonial government than mere places for rest and play. Particularly after the revolt of 1857, they became headquarters for colonial political and military authorities. In addition, the hill stations provided employment to countless Indians who worked as porters, merchants, government clerks, domestics, and carpenters. The isolation of British authorities at the hill stations reflected the paradoxical character of the British raj itself, Kennedy argues. While attempting to control its subjects, it remained aloof from Indian society. Ironically, as more Indians were drawn to these mountain areas for work, and later for vacation, the carefully guarded boundaries between the British and their subjects eroded. Kennedy argues that after the turn of the century, the hill stations were increasingly incorporated into the landscape of Indian social and cultural life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

Author : P. D. Reeves
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0521153093

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Sleeman in Oudh by P. D. Reeves Pdf

A record of W. H. Sleeman's three-month tour through the rural areas of the kingdom of Oudh.

Author : Vinod John
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532697227

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Believing Without Belonging? by Vinod John Pdf

This study examines an indigenous phenomenon of the Hindu devotees of Jesus Christ and their response to the gospel through an empirical case study conducted in Varanasi, India. It analyzes their religious beliefs and social belonging and addresses the ensuing questions from a historical, theological, and missiological perspective. The data reveals that the respondents profess faith in Jesus Christ; however, most remain unbaptized and insist on their Hindu identity. Hence, a heuristic model for a contextualized baptism as Guru-diksha is proposed. The emergent church among Hindu devotees should be considered, from the perspective of world Christianity, as a disparate form of belonging while remaining within one's community of birth. The insistence on a visible church and a distinct community of Christ's followers is contested because the devotees should construct their contextual ecclesiology, since it is an indigenous discovery of the Christian faith. Thus, the "Christian" label for the adherents is dispensable while retaining their socio-ethnic Hindu identity. Christian mission should discontinue extraction and assimilation; instead, missional praxis should be within the given sociocultural structures, recognizing their idiosyncrasies as legitimate in God's eyes and in need of transformation, like any human culture.

Author : Tim Fulford,Peter Kitson,Tim Youngs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000559910

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Travels, Explorations and Empires, 1770-1835, Part II vol 6 by Tim Fulford,Peter Kitson,Tim Youngs Pdf

A collection of work that attempts to reflect the diversity of travel literature from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This literature often reveals something of the cultural and gender difference of the travellers, as well as ideas on colonialism, anthropology and slavery.

Author : A. Padamsee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230512474

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Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse by A. Padamsee Pdf

This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisionary readings of a wide range of texts, it re-examines the basis of the British misperception of Muslim 'conspiracy' during the 'Mutiny'. Arguing that this belief stemmed from conflicts inherent to the secular ideology of the colonial state, it shows how in the ensuing years it produced representations ridden with paradox and requiring a form of descriptive segregation.

Author : George Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : India
ISBN : HARVARD:32044094403862

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Bishop Heber by George Smith Pdf

Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438432137

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Hinduism as a Missionary Religion by Arvind Sharma Pdf

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion. 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. Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. He is the author or editor of many books, including One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination, both also published by SUNY Press.

Author : Gerald H. Anderson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802846807

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Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions by Gerald H. Anderson Pdf

"The book also features cross-references throughout, a bibliography accompanying each entry, an elaborate appendix listing biographies according to particular categories of interest, and a comprehensive index."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Nina Caputo,Mitchell B. Hart
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253037435

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On the Word of a Jew by Nina Caputo,Mitchell B. Hart Pdf

Fourteen essays examining the dynamics of trust and mistrust in Jewish history from biblical times to today. What, if anything, does religion have to do with how reliable we perceive one another to be? When and how did religious difference matter in the past when it came to trusting the word of another? In today’s world, we take for granted that being Jewish should not matter when it comes to acting or engaging in the public realm, but this was not always the case. The essays in this volume look at how and when Jews were recognized as reliable and trustworthy in the areas of jurisprudence, medicine, politics, academia, culture, business, and finance. As they explore issues of trust and mistrust, the authors reveal how caricatures of Jews move through religious, political, and legal systems. While the volume is framed as an exploration of Jewish and Christian relations, it grapples with perceptions of Jews and Jewishness from the biblical period to today, from the Middle East to North America, and in Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions. Taken together these essays reflect on the mechanics of trust, and sometimes mistrust, in everyday interactions involving Jews. “Highly readable and compelling, this volume marks a broadly significant contribution to Jewish studies through the underexplored dynamic of trust.” —Rebekah Klein-Pejšová, author of Mapping Jewish Loyalties in Interwar Slovakia “An exemplary compendium on how to engage with a major concept—trust—while providing load of gripping new information, new theorization of otherwise well-covered material, and meticulous attention to textual and sociological sources.” —Gil Anidjar, author of Blood: A Critique of Christianity