Title: Was Hinduism Invented?
Description: Pennington retells the story of Christian's and Hindu's reception of each other in early 19th century Bengal, giving prominence to the power of the respective worldviews to shape the encounter and to help produce the very religions that colonialism thought it 'discovered'.
Subjects: Colonial influence, Hinduism, Religious life and customs, Social life and customs, India, social life and customs, India, religion
Places: India