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Hindu Christian Faqir: Modern Monks, Global Christianity, and Indian Sainthood (AAR Religion, Culture, and History)
Hindu Christian Faqir Modern Monks Global Christianity and Indian Sainthood - AAR Religion, Culture, and History
Author: Timothy S. Dobe
In the mid-nineteenth century, the American missionary James Butler predicted that Christian conversion and British law together would eradicate Indian ascetics. His disgust for Hindu holy men (sadhus), whom he called "saints," "yogis," and "filthy fakirs," was largely shared by orientalist scholars and British officials, who likewise imagined t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199987696
ISBN-10: 0199987696
Publication Date: 10/15/2015
Pages: 384
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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