Hindu–Christian Dialogue

Abstract

There were many influential missionaries whose work had reverberations in the Hindu community and contributed to the development of Hindu–Christian interactions. The earliest and one of the most influential Hindus in this regard was Rammohan Roy (1772–1833) and it is helpful to begin our account of Hindu–Christian dialogue with him. Vivekananda's emphasis on Jesus's disinterest in the world offers a useful point of transition to Mahatma Gandhi, who contributed significantly to Hindu–Christian dialogue, but who also brought new concerns to this conversation. Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi were nationalists, but their nationalism was not anti-Christian. Savarkar's ideology of Hindutva, on the other hand, is essentially an ideology of religious nationalism. In Savarkar's view, Christians are essentially an alien community in India. The chapter ends with a discussion on present Hindu–Christian Dialogue.

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