Hindu thought has undergone a major reconfiguration in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, in response to its encounter with the forces of modernity. A key element in this reconfiguration is the perception of Hinduism itself as a universal religion; or, as a catalyst promoting the emergence of a universal religion, or, at the very least, as promoting religious universalism. This book examines the views of several major Hindu thinkers of this period, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi prominent among them, on this potent theme of modern Hinduism.

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McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Arvind Sharma

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ARVIND SHARMA was born in India, where he served as a civil servant, before moving to the United States to pursue higher studies, first in Economics and then in Religion. Subsequently he taught in Australia for ten years. In 1987 he moved to McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is presently the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion.

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Book Title: The Concept of Universal Religion in Modern Hindu Thought
Authors: Arvind Sharma
Series Title: Library of Philosophy and Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378919
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37891-9Published: 19 October 1998
Series ISSN: 2947-0242
Series E-ISSN: 2947-0250
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 173
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Hinduism

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