Hindu Christian Faqir: Modern Monks, Global Christianity, and Indian Sainthood (AAR Religion, Culture, and History)

This book compares two colonial Indian holy men, the Hindu Rama Tirtha and the Christian Sundar Singh. Challenging ideas about modern Hinduism, indigenous Christianity, and sainthood, the study focuses on the vernacular, ascetic idioms that both men creatively drew on to appeal to transnational audiences and pursue religious perfection--

• | Author: Timothy S. Dobe
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: October 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 019998770X
• | ISBN-13: 9780199987702