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It is the conviction of the writer of this Primer that Hinduism cannot be understood unless it be studied historically. For this reason the first thirteen chapters of the book deal with the growth of the religion in connexion with the political and literary history of the country. Only when the student has realized how Hinduism came to be is he in a position to attempt to study any particular part of the religion. To think of the religion as a ...
The book deals about the fresh religious movements which appeared in India since the effective introduction of Western influence. The old religions are the soil from which the modern Movements spring, and it is found that the seed, in the man, has been sown by Missions. The first fresh religious movement appeared in 1828, and the intellectual awakening of India began to manifest itself distinctly about the same period. Though great systems like Hinduism, ...