The Brahmo Samaj and Its Vaiṣṇava Milieus: Intersections of Hindu Knowledge and Love in Nineteenth Century Bengal

by Ankur Barua

In The Brahmo Samaj and its Vaiṣṇava Milieus: Intersections of Hindu Knowledge and Love in Nineteenth Century Bengal, Ankur Barua offers an intellectual history of the motif of religious universalism in the writings of some intellectuals associated with the Brahmo Samaj (founded in 1828). They constructed Hindu worldviews that were simultaneously rooted in some ancient Sanskritic materials and orientated towards contemporary universalist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004445242
• ISBN13: 9789004445246
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 272 Pages