Modernist Reformers in Islam, Hinduism and Confucianism, 1865-1935: Peripheral Geoculture in the Modern World-System

by Christian Lekon

This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam, Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Muhammad Rashid Rida; for Hinduism, Dayananda Sarasvati and Swami Shraddhananda; for Confucianism, K'ang Yu-wei and Liang Ch'i-ch'ao. Each of these reformers attempted to bring a major world religion in line with global modernity by creatively reinterpreting the traditions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138187712
• ISBN13: 9781138187719
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"