PDNRL No. 8 Richard Fox Young: Resistant Hinduism. Sanskrit Sources on Anti-Christian Apologetics in Early Nineteenth-Century India. Vienna 1981, 200p. EUR 23.-

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  • Contents

    Acknowledgements (9)

    Abbreviations (11)

    I.                    Introduction (13) 

    II.                  Resistant Hinduism: An Overview (18)

    The Ziegenbalg Papers (22)

    The Bombay Debates (25) 

    III.                The New Hermeneutics (32)

    William Carey (1767–1837) (33)

    William Hodge Mill (1792–1853) (37) 

    IV.                The Disputants (49)

    John Muir (1810–1882): The Challenger (49)

    Somanātha (Subājī Bāpu): The First Apologist (80)

    Haracandra Tarkapañcānana: The Second Apologist (93)

    Nīlakaṇṭha Goreh (1825–1885): The Third Apologist (101) 

    V.                  Resistance and Accommodation (109)

    Contra-Christianity (109)

    Defending Hinduism (121)

    Observations on Hindu Apologetics in the MP Controversy (135)

    VI.                Christianity in the General Scheme of Dharma (141)

    MPŚ: The Unity and Compatibility of Religions (143)

    MPO: extra Vedos nulla salus (149)

    ŚTV: Christianity as a Dharma of Delusion (153)

    The Basis of Religious Plurality (161)

    VII.              Epilogue: The Aftermath (166)

    Muir and Modern Biblical Criticism (166)

    Nīlakaṇṭha as Nehemiah Goreh, SSJE (169) 

    VIII.            Summary (173)

     

    Appendix (177)

    Bibliography (179)

    Index (194)

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