Imagined Hinduism: British Protestant Missionary Constructions of Hinduism, 1793 - 1900

Abstract

PART ONE: WINDS OF INFLUENCE: HINDUISM IN THE BRITISH IMAGINATION, 1600-1800 Hinduism in Travel and Missionary Accounts, 1600-1800 Hinduism as Represented by Protestant Friends of Mission in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Orientalist Models and Missionary Scholarship PART TWO: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MISSIONARY MODELS Hinduism in Missionary Education and Training The Emergence of a Dominant Paradigm William Carey A Pioneer's Journey of Exploration William Ward's `History' The Guardians-Consolidating the Paradigm Duff, Mundy and Others Hinduism in Missionary Society Periodical Literature A Changing Context Some General Developments Affecting Missionary Perceptions of Hinduism, 1850-1900 Critics and Commentators on the Dominant View, 1850-1900 Empathy or Otherness? Changing Evaluations of Hinduism in the Nineteenth Century Gender Issues in the Construction of Hinduism with Special Reference to the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1880-1900

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