Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity by Manu S Pillai Groundswell Speaker 2024 What's the only country that

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VintageISBN: 9781529908282Extent: 208 pages

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Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity by Manu S Pillai Groundswell Speaker 2024 What's the only country thatWhen European missionaries arrived in India in the sixteenth century, they entered a world both fascinating and bewildering. Hinduism, as they saw it, was a pagan mess: a worship of devils and monsters by a people who burned women alive, performed outlandish rites and fed children to crocodiles. But it quickly became clear that Hindu idolatry was far more layered and complex than European stereotypes allowed, surprisingly even sharing certain impulses