Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Antiquity and Continuity of the Belief that Hinduism Is Not a Missionary Religion 2. The Neo-Hindu Conviction that Hinduism Is a Non-Missionary Religion 3. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Vedic India 4. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Classical India 5. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Medieval India 6. Hinduism as a Missionary Religion: The Evidence from Modern India Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. He is the author or editor of many books, including One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu and Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination, both also published by SUNY Press.

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"Sharma is a prolific author who has made significant contributions to Hindu studies ... Readers will gain insight from Sharma's careful inquiry." - CHOICE