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Author Hatcher, Brian A. (Brian Allison)

Title Bourgeois Hinduism, or the faith of the modern Vedantists : rare discourses from early Colonial Bengal / Brian A. Hatcher
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Vedānta according to Rammohan Roy -- Debendranath Tagore and the Tattvabodhinī Sabhā -- New Members and a New Founder -- Bourgeois Vedānta for the Bhadralok -- Missionaries and Modern Vedantists -- The Text of Sabhyadiger vaktṛtā and the Problem of Authorship -- Who Wrote these Discourses? -- The Complete English Translation of Sabhadiger vaktṛtā
Summary Hatcher situates the theology and moral vision set forth in the discourses of 1839 by the Hindu élite, gathered in Calcutta to propagate their faith in a non-idolatrous and morally responsible mode of worship. This debate was held against a backdrop of change in colonial India
Notes Includes English translation from Bengali of the Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-220) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tattvabodhinī Sabhā -- History
Tattvabodhinī Sabhā. Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā.
SUBJECT Tattvabodhinī Sabhā fast (OCoLC)fst01669233
Subject Hindu renewal -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 19th century
Vedanta -- History -- 19th century
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
Hindu renewal.
Vedanta.
India -- Bengal.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
Author Tattvabodhinī Sabhā. Sabhyadiger vaktr̥tā. English
ISBN 9780198043683
0198043686
9781435620377
1435620372
9780199869282
0199869286
Other Titles Bourgeois Hinduism
Faith of the modern Vedantists