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Who invented Hinduism: essays on religion in History (2006) The Scourge Of The Mission: Marco della Tomba in Hindustan (2010) A Dialogue Between a Christian and a Hindu About Religion by Giuseppe Maria da Gargnano (2015) Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800; Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action
Critics argue that many of these Christian founders actually supported the separation of church and state and would not support the notion that they were trying to found a Christian nation. [170] [171] [172] In Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, a Supreme Court decision in 1892, Justice David Josiah Brewer wrote that America was "a ...
American Hindus have the highest rates of educational attainment and highest household income among all religious communities, and the lowest divorce rates. [26] In 2008, according to Pew Research Center, 80% of American adults who were raised as Hindus continued to adhere to Hinduism, which is the highest retention rate for any religion in ...
Traditional founder Religious tradition founded Historical founder(s) Life of historical founder Of Divine origin (Hinduism) Hinduism: Saptarshi: c. 15th century BCE Abraham (covenant with God) Moses (religious law) Judaism: Yahwists [n 1] c. 13th [1] [2] [3] to 8th century BC [n 2] Laozi: Taoism: Zhuang Zhou: 369 BC – 286 BC
Because of the wide range of traditions and ideas covered by the term Hinduism, arriving at a comprehensive definition is difficult. [40] The religion "defies our desire to define and categorize it". [68] Hinduism has been variously defined as a religion, a religious tradition, a set of religious beliefs, and "a way of life".
The history of Hinduism is often divided into periods of development. The first period is the pre-Vedic period, which includes the Indus Valley Civilization and local pre-historic religions. Northern India had the Vedic period with the introduction of the historical Vedic religion (sometimes called Vedic Hinduism or ancient Hinduism [ d ] ) by ...
[74] [76] The 14th- and 18th-century Indian poets such as Vidyapati, Kabir, Tulsidas and Eknath used the phrase Hindu dharma (Hinduism) and contrasted it with Turaka dharma . [73] [77] The Christian friar Sebastiao Manrique used the term 'Hindu' in a religious context in 1649. [78]
During the British colonial period, the British substantially influenced Indian society, but India also influenced the western world. An early champion of Indian-inspired thought in the West was Arthur Schopenhauer who in the 1850s advocated ethics based on an "Aryan-Vedic theme of spiritual self-conquest", as opposed to the ignorant drive toward earthly utopianism of the superficially this ...