Western Indologists

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Another one rides along to tell us - old is Hindusthan, new is South Asia; Separating India and Hinduism; Focusing on formless (G)god; ah well.. usual.....

But in all fairness to Dr. Lorenzen, I have not read his work(s), so I will stop at that. Perhaps IRFAN folks can investigate this Professor and enlighten us yindoos.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>WHO INVENTED HINDUISM </b>
<i>by David N. Lorenzen</i>
Essays on Religion in History
(New Perspectives on Indian Pasts)

Book presents ten masterly essays on the history of religious movements and ideologies in India by the eminent scholar of religious studies. The volume asks two principal questions -- <b>how did the religion of the Hindu affect the course of Indian history and what sort of an impact did the events of Indian history have on the Hindu religion?</b>  <!--emo&:omg--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/omg.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='omg.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Contents : 1. <b>Who Invented Hinduism?</b> / 2. Warrior Ascetics in Indian History / 3. Early Evidence for Tantric Religion / 4. Traditions of Non-caste Hinduism : The Kabir Path / 5. The Life of Kabir in Legend / 6. The Social Ideologies of Hagiography : Sankara, Tukaram and Kabir / 7. <b>Religion, Skin Colour and Language : Arya and Non-Arya in the Vedic Period</b> / 8. The Religious Ideology of Gupta Kingship / 9. Europeans in Late Mughal <b>South Asia</b> : The Perception of Italian Missionaries / 10. <b>Marcodella Tomba in Hindustan</b>.

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