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18th-century Hindu religious leaders (19 P) P. 18th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians (5 P) Pages in category "18th-century Hindus" The following 2 pages are ...
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Pages in category "18th-century Hindu religious leaders" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
[73] [77] The Christian friar Sebastiao Manrique used the term 'Hindu' in a religious context in 1649. [78] In the 18th century, European merchants and colonists began to refer to the followers of Indian religions collectively as Hindus, in contrast to Mohamedans for groups such as Turks, Mughals and Arabs, who were adherents of Islam.
Hinduism is a minority religion in Ireland, followed by 0.7% of the country's population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also the second fastest-growing religions by percentage in Ireland. [ 4 ] There are also a small number of recognised temples in the country.
18th-century Hindus (2 C, 2 P) T. 18th-century Hindu temples (28 P) Pages in category "18th-century Hinduism" This category contains only the following page.
Catholics could not bear arms or exercise their religion publicly. In the early part of the 18th century, these Penal Laws were augmented and quite strictly enforced, as the Protestant elite were unsure of their position and threatened by the continued existence of Irish Catholic regiments in the French army committed to a restoration of the ...
Little is known about the prehistoric religion of Neolithic Europe. Bronze and Iron Age religion in Europe as elsewhere was predominantly polytheistic (Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Roman religion, Basque mythology, Finnish paganism, Celtic polytheism, Germanic paganism, etc.). The Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity in AD 380.
The notion and reports on "Hinduism" as a "single world religious tradition" [143] was also popularised by 19th-century proselytising missionaries and European Indologists, roles sometimes served by the same person, who relied on texts preserved by Brahmins (priests) for their information of Indian religions, and animist observations that the ...