Gods, guns and missionaries: (Record no. 14988)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 11267 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | IN-BhIIT |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260102193035.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780670093656 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.509 |
| Book number | MAN/G |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Pillai, Manu S. |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gods, guns and missionaries: |
| Sub Title | the making of the modern hindu identity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Manu S. Pillai |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Haryana : |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Random House, |
| Year of publication | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xlvii, 564 p. : |
| Other physical details(ill.) | ill. ; |
| Dimensions(size) | 24 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When 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 with Christianity.<br/><br/>Nonetheless, missionaries became a threatening force as European power grew in India. Western ways of thinking gained further ascendancy during the British Raj- while interest in Hindu thought influenced Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire in Europe, Orientalism and colonial rule pressed Hindus to reimagine their religion. In fact, in resisting foreign authority, they often adopted the missionaries' own tools and strategies. It is this encounter, Manu S. Pillai argues, that has given Hinduism its present shape, also contributing to the birth of an aggressive Hindu nationalism.<br/><br/>Gods, Guns and Missionaries surveys these remarkable dynamics with an arresting cast of characters - maharajahs, poets, gun-wielding revolutionaries, politicians, polemicists, philosophers and clergymen. Lucid, ambitious, and provocative, it is at once a political history, an examination of the mutual impact of Hindu culture and Christianity upon each other, and a study of the forces that have prepared the ground for politics in India today. Turning away from simplistic ideas on religious evolution and European imperialism, the past as it appears here is more complicated - and infinitely richer - than previous narratives allow. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Religion |
| General subdivision | Religions of Indic origin |
| Topical Term | Hinduism |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Koha issues (borrowed), all copies | 1 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Not withdrawn | Not Lost | not damaged | GEN | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | 07/03/2025 | 51 | 749.25 | 294.509 MAN/G | 11267 | 999.00 | 07/03/2025 | General Books |